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Why didn't any of the latest inflation reporting mention that corporate profits just hit a record high?
Corporate profits reached $2.08 TRILLION in the 3rd quarter.
Corporate greed is playing a role in driving up prices — and the media will hardly talk about it.
EDO is deeply concerned by the recent trend in harsh custodial sentences and heavy-handed policing against climate protestors in Australia.
In response to a recent 15-month custodial sentence, with a non-parole period of 8 months, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Association and Peaceful Assembly expressed alarm, stating that “Peaceful protesters should never be criminalised or imprisoned.”
EDO statement on recent harsh custodial sentences for climate protesters in Australia 13th December 2022 The Environmental Defenders Office is deeply concerned by the recent trend in harsh custodial sentences and heavy-handed policing against climate protestors in Australia. In response to a recent 15-month custodial sentence, with a non-parole period of 8 months, the United [...]Read More...
The widespread use of a bee-killing pesticide is threatening our food supply
We rely on bees to pollinate more than 70 of the 100 crops that provide 90% of the world's food — but as our society uses more bee-killing "neonic" pesticides, bee populations are plummeting.
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In Nov 2017 I visited Manus for a few days for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre. What I witnessed shocked me, we were torturing people who sought safety on our shores.
5 years later, nearly 200 people are STILL trapped offshore.
Urgent action is needed 👇🏽