#melanesian

· 6d ago

#News: #Melanesian #PALM workers say labour hire firm #MADEC is hitting them with huge deductions, overcrowded housing and restricting their movement - akin to #slavery #HumanRights @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

sbs.com.au

This charity receives millions from the government. Workers say conditions were 'like a jail'

Migrant workers contracted under the PALM scheme to labour hire company Madec Australia say they are being treated unfairly.

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 1w ago

Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social

#News: #Melanesian #Pasifika seasonal workers in #Australia robbed of $4 million in retirement savings, health insurance and leave 🛑💸 When labour-hire firm iComply collapsed, 2,400 vulnerable workers without benefits. Stronger laws NOW to protect overseas workers! ⚖️🤝 #WorkerRights #FairPay

abc.net.au

A labour hire firm's demise leaves workers out of pocket

Prominent labour hire company iComply owed more than $12 million when it collapsed, according to a damning liquidator's report, with workers chasing millions in superannuation.

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 2w ago

Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social

#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn’t just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

Greasing the wheels of palm oil colonialism in West Papua Palm Oil Detectives

palmoildetectives.com

Greasing the wheels of palm oil colonialism in West Papua Palm Oil Detectives

A landmark study published in Global Studies Quarterly in April 2025 has revealed that the rapid expansion of the #palmoil industry in #WestPapua is not only fuelling #deforestation, #ecocide and environmental destruction but also perpetuating colonial-era patterns of land dispossession, #violence, and erasure of #Indigenous #Papuan communities.

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Palm Oil Detectives @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

· 6mo ago

#Study finds #palmoil expansion in #WestPapua isn’t just fuelling #deforestation but also colonialist-style #landgrabbing #violence and systematic erasure of #Indigenous #Melanesian cultures and languages. #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔☠️🩸🚜🔥🧐⛔️ @palmoildetectives@mastodonapp.uk

palmoildetectives.com

Greasing the wheels of palm oil colonialism in West Papua Palm Oil Detectives

A landmark study published in Global Studies Quarterly in April 2025 has revealed that the rapid expansion of the #palmoil industry in #WestPapua is not only fuelling #deforestation, #ecocide and environmental destruction but also perpetuating colonial-era patterns of land dispossession, #violence, and erasure of #Indigenous #Papuan communities.

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