Is Australia’s Nuclear Weapons Position Changing Under Turnbull?

Since the early 1970s, Australian governments have strongly supported nuclear non-proliferation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty signed by the McMahon government in 1970 and ratified in 1973. But two reactions to recent events by the government of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull could hint of a change in thinking.

First, Canberra’s tradition of support…