Summary

The Nuclear Disarmament Party (NDP) was formed in Canberra on 17 June 1984 to contest the approaching federal election. Crucial in its formation was anger that the 1984 Labor Party Conference overturned an anti-uranium mining policy. It became the fastest growing political party in Australia's history: by December 1984 it had 8000 members. The NDP aimed 'to steer Australia on the path to ending uranium mining, closing foreign military facilities and prohibiting the presence of nuclear weapons on our soil or within our waters or air space'. Jo Vallentine was elected as a Senator from Western Australia. In 1985, the NDP fell apart, mainly over arguments about the influence within it of Socialist Workers' Party members.

Resources

Fliers

• Nuclear Disarmament Party, Vote 1 for Rod Lander. Image PDF Details

Journals

• Peace Studies, vol. 1, no. 7, Victorian Association for Peace Studies, Melbourne, October 1984. Image PDF Details

Journal Articles

• Maclellan, Nic, 'Disarmament Politics; the election and defection of the NDP', Peace Studies, July 1985. Image PDF Details
• Mansell, Ken, 'Making sense of the NDP split', Peace Studies, July 1985. Details
• St John, Edward, 'The demise of the Nuclear Disarmament Party', Peace Studies, Aug / Sept 1985. Image PDF Details

Newsletters

• First Strike for Nuclear Disarmament, Left Tendency for Nuclear Disarmament, Melbourne, March 1984. Image PDF Details
• First Strike for Nuclear Disarmament, Left Tendency for Nuclear Disarmament, Melbourne, February 1984. Image PDF Details

Pamphlets

• Nuclear Disarmament Party, there are millions of us, 1984. Image PDF Details
• Suter, Keith D., Nuclear Free Zones: Some Basic Questions, Australian Nuclear Free Secretariat, 1985. Image PDF Details

Policy Statements

• Munro, M., Nuclear Free Australia Party, 1987?. Image PDF Details