Bob Henricks recalls attending anti-nuclear rallies and Hiroshima Day functions as well as organising the biggest union supported rally in King George Square, Brisbane, calling for the banning of mining on Fraser Island with Jim Cairns, John Sinclair and Pat Mackie among the speakers and 5000 people.

Bob Anderson gives examples of how being forthright or showing 'audacity' became a key feature of his union activities. This was of particular use when he went over to the Bougainville Copper Mine, northern Papua New Guinea as part of a group of union officials to investigate pay and working conditions, at the company's request.