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Say
No to McDonalds!
Fast Food giant McDonalds
has taken their move to build a store in the leafy Dandenong
Ranges township of Tecoma in Melbourne's east to a new
level. They are now suing 8 local residents. See the Age
article McDonald's
uses fear tactic, say Tecoma eight. Despite the community
clearly not wanting the development, the CEO of McDonalds
in Australia says "we can't see what the problem
is". >
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This is corporate bullying of ordinary citizens. It's
time to say enough. > Join the 'Burger
Off!' community campaign. Sign these petitions (1)
(2),
join the Facebook
campaign. Come to the public
rally on Sunday 28th. Be inspired by people
power with the 'Resitance
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Slave
labor linked to palm oil
Businessweek
has released a groundbreaking article connecting
Indonesia's palm oil industry to widespread cases
of forced and child labor (18/7/13). The stories
include workers, many of whom are children, being
defrauded, abused, and held captive on palm plantations.
The investigation focused on Kuala Lumpur Kepong,
one of the world’s most significant palm oil suppliers,
a major supplier to agribusiness giant Cargill.
> See full
story
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action at the RAN
Campaign > More on Palm
Oil > More on Agribusiness
in Australia. |
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Animal
testing for cosmetics in China
A Choice
investigation has found that major cosmetic
brands are failing to inform customers that their
beauty products are tested on animals in China. Skin and
eye irritation tests must be conducted on animals in order
for cosmetic products to be sold in China, which are paid
for by manufacturers. > ABC
News (vid, 6/5/13). > See companies
list compiled by Choice.
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in related news, India has announced that
it will implement a ban
on animal testing for cosmetics (1/7/13). See more on
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Tax
Havens for Australian companies exposed
A Uniting Church report,
'Secrecy
Jurisdictions', reveals 61 of the top 100 companies
hold subsidiaries in 'Tax Havens' - countries that offer
low levels of tax and regulation, and thick layers of
secrecy. News Corporation, Westfield and the Goodman Group
were among those holding more than 50 entities in low-tax
jurisdictions each (25/5/13). > more
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See this
infographic on how Associated
British Foods group (the brand owners of Tip Top bread
and Don smallgoods) dodge their tax in Zambia
- depriving the country of $27 million in lost revenue
since 2007. Money that could be spent to help free people
from hunger. > Find out more and take action at EndTaxHavenSecrecy.org
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Quick
bites ...
- Excellent new ASIC
report 'Labour and Human Rights Risks in
Supply-Chain Sourcing' - looks at policies
and disclosure of top companies in Australia (24/6/13).
- The Australian Federal
Court has found Steggles engaged in
false advertising that claimed its meat chickens were
free to roam in large barns. (10/7/13)
AusFoodNews
- International consumer
products group PZ Cussons has acquired
Australian baby food brand Rafferty’s Garden
for AU $70 million. (10/7/13) AusFoodNews
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