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5 things you need to know about climate justice
With global warming posing a major threat to the health and livelihoods of workers globally, here are 5 key things you need to know about climate justice.
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Take action! Tell the Australian government to use its influence to stop the violence in Myanmar
We cannot remain silent.
Email Julie Bishop today!
![A community rises to fight a deadly mountain of coal dumped on their doorstep](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Happy-Land-residents-to-protest-Rock-Energys-coal-stockpile_Tudla-Productions.jpg)
A community rises to fight a deadly mountain of coal dumped on their doorstep
The Happyland community, an urban community on Manila harbour, is waging a struggle against a mountain of coal dumped near them by Rock Energy Corporation.
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Remembering the Balibo Five and Roger East
As we approach the 42nd anniversary of the deaths of the Balibo Five on October 16, 1975, we pay tribute to these journalists and their colleague Roger East who was also murdered in Timor Leste that same fated year.
![5 things to know about the Rohingya Crisis](https://www.apheda.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Image-by-Jonathan-Miller_Channel-4-News_Rohingya-Refugee-City-in-Bangladesh-1080x675.jpg)
5 things to know about the Rohingya Crisis
Myanmar: as the situation escalates in Rakhine state, the number of refugees who have fled to Bangladesh has topped 500,000 as a humanitarian emergency unfolds.
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APHEDA People: Meet Saina Tomi
This month we spoke with Saina Tomi, an Organiser for Samoa First Union (SFU). SFU was formed in June 2015 and is the first private sector union in Samoa.
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Inaugural Rob Durbridge Scholarship
Announcing the recipients of the inaugural Rob Durbridge Memorial Scholarship in memory of the life-long unionist and activist – Rob Durbridge.
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Solidarity from the NTEU for the Working Women’s Centre of Timor Leste
All the highlights from the NTEU Vic Branch’s Feminist Trivia Night for Bluestocking week to support the Working Women’s Centre of Timor-Leste (WWCTL).
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Supporters’ generosity buoys annual dinner to new heights!
More than 300 Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA supporters filled the UTS Aerial Function Centre on Monday night to celebrate Sydney’s premier union event.