Nobel peace prize awarded to Melbourne-born advocacy group

By Melissa Cunningham
Updated October 7 2017 - 7:14am, first published October 6 2017 - 10:32pm
Beatrice Fihn of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Photo: Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP
Beatrice Fihn of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Photo: Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP

During a time when the risk of nuclear conflict is imminent, the prestigious Nobel peace prize has been awarded to a Melbourne-born advocacy group that pushed to establish the first treaty to ban nuclear weapons.

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