Group started in Melbourne wins Nobel Peace Prize

Leader of the Nobel committee Berit Reiss-Andersen presents the award to Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow and Beatrice Fihn Source: NTB scanpix/AAP

An international group working against nuclear weapons, set up in Melbourne a decade ago, has won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons accepted the prestigious award in Norway last night.

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