Today in Australia, asbestos campaigner Bernie Banton was honored by friends and family during the International Day of Mourning for Dead and Injured Workers.  Banton spent much of his lifetime advocating for asbestos justice by working for changes in compensation legislation and fighting to have the mesothelioma drug Alimta included on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.  He died last November at age 61 from mesothelioma.

Mourners gathered today at Reflection Park in Sydney's Darling Harbor.  Reverend Bruce Banton said of his brother, "My brother Bernie was one who stood up and was counted and stood for what he felt was right, and right until the end of his life he cared for others.''

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