Listen: Phillip Hazelton on Asbestos Industry Defamation case in Indonesia

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Aug 5, 2025

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Phillip Hazelton, senior advisor to Union Aid Abroad (APHEDA), speaks with ABC on the asbestos industry’s court case against Indonesian campaigners.

Activists who recently won a court ruling for mandatory labelling on asbestos products are now being sued for defamation by a global industry lobby, which represents the world’s biggest asbestos producers in countries such as Russia and China.