Aust to vote against nuclear ban treaty
AAP
The foreign affairs department has confirmed Australia will not support a UN resolution to start talks on a binding nuclear weapons ban.
The move, which 39 countries have sponsored, will be voted on at the United Nations next week or in early November.
Department officials told a Senate estimates hearing on Thursday it would be counterproductive to have a treaty that did not include nations with nuclear weapons.
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