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In recent weeks, we’ve shown the power of our collective voice. As a trade union movement working for peace and justice, we helped push Australia to recognise the State of Palestine. But the work isn’t over. We must stop the massacre and famine now.

'When Woody Met Pete' gives an opportunity to get together and raise funds for the international aid projects of Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA, the global justice organisation of the Australian union movement.

Half of Jakarta’s 10.7 million homes are made with asbestos. Either side of the 550 kilometres of railway east to Yogyakarta in Central Java, asbestos roofing flashes past. People use the roofing to dry their prawn crackers and clothing.

While Nepal is committed to net-zero emissions by 2050, unions are making sure that this transition is just and inclusive—especially for workers in informal sectors, women, and marginalised communities.

In the lead-up to Vietnam’s 2026 National Assembly and People’s Council elections, women across four provinces are preparing to lead – with the backing of a community-driven project that’s shifting the face of local politics.

With 20 million in urgent need and 40 million in poverty, the diaspora urged the Victorian Parliament to impose targeted sanctions such as restricting jet fuel supply chains to weaken the junta.

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

A year ago, we celebrated our 40th birthday with parties in Melbourne and Sydney. We were honoured to hear from unionists and human rights defenders from as far as Fiji to Western Sahara, demonstrating the breadth of our concern and our friendships. This year we’re repeating the dose, putting on internationalism night of nights – not once but twice.

Abeer Al Saleh works part-time at the Palestinian Women's Humanitarian Organization in Lebanon. Abeer’s daughter, seven-year-old Rusul, was born into the Burj el-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in southern Beirut, a great-grandchild of the first Nakba of 1948. This was Israel’s first brutal expulsion, forcing an estimated 750,000 people from Palestine and killing another 10,000 to create the state of Israel. This is not just the story of an aid worker—it’s the ongoing story of Palestinian refugees, generations after the Nakba.

In a bold move to protect its people, the Kenyan government has announced that all asbestos roofing materials must undergo safe removal from buildings across the country.