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Climate change is messing with our mental health

January 11, 2023

The record-breaking floods in the Kimberley that have kicked off 2023 have showed that the detrimental effects of climate change to mental health are all too real.

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How climate change disrupts your daily commute

December 21, 2022

Whether you work indoors or outside, are junior or senior, your work commute is one way where climate change can cause stress on a daily basis.

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Young workers lead the way on climate change leave

July 15, 2022

When people say they need to help their communities in the face of climate disasters, we want our organisation to say, “What can we do to help?”

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Morrison’s inaction on climate change has already cost secure jobs and lives

March 25, 2022

Australia has lost lives and precious time due to Morrison Government inaction. He has left workers behind.

That is why Australian union members are stepping up and taking action to fight for secure jobs and a safe climate.

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Climate change report: At HESTA, we are driving powerful change.

March 3, 2022

We’ve let our actions do the talking to establish ourselves as an industry leader in…

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As the Morrison Government courts climate change, the world deserves better

October 29, 2021

The Morrison Government’s Plan for Australia to reach net zero emissions by 2050, released this week, has been widely criticised domestically and internationally, for it highlights that the Morrison Government is not simply passive or inactive in the face of climate change; it is actively pursuing and facilitating it, and is happy to sacrifice lives, the environment, and the economy in the pursuit of short-term political gain, writes Lauren Piko.

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Hot, hard and dangerous – work in the age of climate change.

October 3, 2021

As the COP26 climate change talks in Glasgow loom up, Australia is on a collision course with the rest of the world.

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Three ways we can take climate action and create new jobs

March 21, 2023

The Sunshot Report shows Australia’s future is bright and renewable.

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Climate action could create hundreds of thousands of new, secure, well-paid jobs. If we act now.

September 12, 2022

There is a sunny future ahead for workers and their communities in the renewable export industry, but it will only ever remain on the horizon unless Australia acts now. 

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Australia has a bright climate future and unions are ready to make it happen

August 23, 2022

Australia is the best placed country in the world to be a renewable energy superpower, generating 395,000 jobs and $89 billion in revenue by 2040. We can get there by unions, government, business, and climate organisations working together.

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