STORY: Protestors rally against AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines in Sydney
SHOOTING TIME: Aug. 3, 2024
DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2024
LENGTH: 00:02:49
LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia
CATEGORY: POLITICS

SHOTLIST:
1. various of rally
2. SOUNDBITE (English): DENNIS DOHERTY, Co-Ordinator of Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition
3. various of the march

STORYLINE:

Some dozens of protestors, including members from the local activist group Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition, gathered at the Sydney Town Hall Square on Saturday to demand that the Australian government reject the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines.

They also reject the Australian opposition's proposal for nuclear power reactors on sites.

Peter Murphy, convenor of Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition, said in his speech at the rally that the AUKUS Pact between the United States, Britain and Australia was a super-secret project to have Australia acquire nuclear-powered attack submarines, as well as to jointly develop hypersonic missiles, cyber warfare, quantum computing and Artificial Intelligence weapons.
   
According to a statement publicized by the protestors, they gathered to remember victims of the U.S. atomic bombs that exploded over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, and remember all victims of nuclear war preparations.
    
Dennis Doherty, co-ordinator of Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition, told Xinhua that the nuclear industry, the nuclear weapons and the nuclear submarines will have a negative impact on Australia.

SOUNDBITE (English): DENNIS DOHERTY, Co-Ordinator of Sydney Anti-AUKUS Coalition
"We are very conscious that we are buying nuclear-powered submarines and we want that to stop. They are trying to put in nuclear power into Australia. So we're trying to stop that. We don't need nuclear weapons. And then when we've got nuclear submarines, we upset our neighbors, we upset the region. And that's why we don't want to do that. We want to live in friendship with all the people in our region. So that's why it's a bad move to have nuclear-powered submarines, because it's a threatening move, which will increase tension in our region when we need to decrease tension."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sydney, Australia.
(XHTV)