BellingenNSW1d ago

Turning a blind eye to exploitation in the food chain

"A national program protecting the rights of migrant workers has uncovered millions in unpaid wages, threats of visa cancellation and modern slavery."

"The first year of the $13.5 million scheme, run by the Home Affairs department, has uncovered millions in stolen wages, threats of visa cancellation and cases of "modern slavery" by Australian employers."

"It has identified $1.35 million in potential unpaid wage claims in NSW alone, as well as cases of exploitation and workplace injury where employers have breached the law." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-31/migrant-worker-scheme-uncovers-stolen-wages-modern-slavery/106512360

"Half a million young Australians working in the retail, fast food and pharmacy sectors are set for a wage increase after the Fair Work Commission abolished junior pay rates for those aged 18 and over."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/31/fair-work-abolishes-junior-pay-rates-w

#exploitation #work #IR #NSW #WorkplaceRights #PALM #food #agriculture #meat #consumers #slavery #UnpaidWages #Pasifika #Australia #FoodChains #crime #regulation

Image: Food produced without exploitation, no suffering of humans, animals, and the environment, focusing on fair labour, sustainability, and ethical sourcing.

A-Dub 🥝5d ago

NZ Immigration Minister Erica Stanford is a bald faced liar 🤥👖🔥

"Government documents show changes aimed at strengthening deportation levers could disproportionately affect Pacific Island nationals, but the Immigration Minister says that won't happen. Erica Stanford said it was "not about racial profiling, it never has been".

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/590727/proposed-deportation-changes-could-disproportionately-affect-pacific-island-nationals

#Pasifika #NzPol

Proposed deportation changes could disproportionately affect Pacific Island nationals

The Immigration (Enhanced Risk Management) Amendment Bill will give immigration officers the power to ask suspected overstayers for identification in homes and workplaces.

RNZ
A-Dub 🥝5d ago

go, FHRADC!

"Fiji's human rights watchdog has warned that the country's pro-Israel foreign policy and diplomatic engagement works against its international obligations and could be enabling "genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity" in Gaza."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/590583/fiji-s-human-rights-watchdog-raises-concerns-over-new-israeli-embassy-plans

#GenocideIsNotDefence #Gaza #Pasifika

Fiji's human rights watchdog raises concerns over new Israeli embassy plans

The Fiji Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination the country's pro-Israel foreign policy and diplomatic engagement works against its international obligations.

RNZ
E TūMar 20

Doing some research on typefaces and fonts, and found out Sāmoan New Zealander Joseph Churchward's typeface 'Churchward Roundsquare' was used in BUGONIA 🤯 #Film #Pasifika #Sāmoan #Typeface

https://fontsinuse.com/uses/71654/bugonia-movie-poster-and-trailer

Bugonia movie poster and trailer

For Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest film, Bugonia, the Greek director has teamed up again with longterm graphic designer Vasilis Marmatakis, At the center of the marketing campaign for the film is a weird geometric typeface called Churchward Roundsquare. The font is one of many design

Fonts In Use
A-Dub 🥝Mar 19

amen, sister

"Fijian youth climate negotiator Talei Cavu says it is important to hear Pacific voices on climate change on the global stage."

https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/590044/fiji-climate-negotiator-says-pacific-voices-must-be-heard-on-the-global-stage

#ClimateEmergency #Pasifika

Fiji climate negotiator says Pacific voices must be heard on the global stage

A Fiji youth climate negotiator says it is important to hear Pacific voices on climate change on the global stage.

RNZ
Palm Oil DetectivesMar 15
#News: Is #Australia's #farm labour scheme modern #slavery? 🚜⛓️ For the PALM scheme, #Pasifika workers report exploitation, unsafe housing, pay as low as $80/week. Fair #pay and #workers rights, not exploitation! 🛑🏝️ #IndigenousRights @palmoildetect.bsky.social
https://nit.com.au/20-01-2026/22201/wealth-from-commonwealth-labour-scheme-comes-at-a-modern-slavery-cost-to-pasifika-workers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer
'Exploitation, underpayment and poor conditions' - Economic benefit from federal labour scheme comes at steep cost to Pasifika workers

A federal government program recruiting Pacific workers to fill agricultural labour gaps across regional and rural Australia has been compared to the 19th-century indentured 'blackbirding' of South Se...

National Indigenous Times
🕯️Curious Magpie 🕯️Mar 8
Papua continues to be imagined primarily as a strategic zone for national ambition, rather than as a homeland shaped by Indigenous relationships to land and food. — Laurens Minipko
#papua #pasifika #indigenous #foodways
https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/why-papuans-want-sago-not-oil/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=09Mar2026
Why Papuans want sago, not oil | E-Tangata

“Papua continues to be imagined primarily as a strategic zone for national ambition, rather than as a homeland shaped by Indigenous relationships to land and food.” — Laurens Minipko.

E-Tangata
A-Dub 🥝Mar 8

Dr Sarah McLean-Orsborn is a proud tamaita’i Sāmoa. She hails from the villages of Tapatapao, Moamoa, and Papa Satau but continues to call Mulifanua home. She is now a lecturer in Pacific Studies at the University of Auckland, where her research focuses on improving the health and wellbeing of Pacific youth and women. This is her story of how university became home for her:

https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/how-university-became-home/

#Pasifika #Samoa #Aotearoa

How university became home | E-Tangata

“Through my education, I’ve been able to honour and affirm my Sāmoan heritage in spaces where my grandparents feared that being seen as Sāmoan would only hinder me.” — Dr Sarah McLean-Orsborn, Pacific Studies lecturer.

E-Tangata
Show threadE TūMar 8

From a 2019 interview with Dilworth Karaka

Dilworth Karaka: Singing songs of freedom #Herbs #DilworthKaraka #MoeMaiRā #Pasifika #Māori #Indigedon #ETangata

https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/dilworth-karaka-singing-songs-of-freedom/

Dilworth Karaka: Singing songs of freedom | E-Tangata

“You do miss the brothers who've passed on. And you miss the vibe that they all brought to the gigs. You miss their mannerisms. You miss what made them individuals.”

E-Tangata
A-Dub 🥝Feb 22

"Tokelau is New Zealand’s last and only remaining colony, and this month marks 100 years of that imperial relationship. While the relationship continues to be framed by Tokelau leaders as a “partnership”, the reality is somewhat different, writes Melanie Puka Bean, assistant professor at the University of Utah and New Zealand-born tagata Tokelau."

https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/after-100-years-its-time-for-tokelau-to-take-stock/

#Pasifika #NZ #Tokelau

After 100 years, it's time for Tokelau to take stock | E-Tangata

“One of the lasting legacies of Tokelau’s relationship with New Zealand is its loss of population and capacity, through both the resettlement and Tokelau scholarship schemes.” — Melanie Puka Bean.

E-Tangata