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1 month ago | 
abc.net.au | Naomi Selvaratnam |Tom Joyner
Pick up a packet of tea from any major brand at the supermarket and you'll likely see labels promising consumers the tea inside is ethically sourced. Certification schemes like Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade are meant to ensure tea workers are paid a minimum wage, have safe working and living conditions and can access basic necessities like clean drinking water on tea estates. But do they?
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Naomi Selvaratnam
For three months, the French territory of New Caledonia has been gripped by riots, with a controversial attempt to change the electoral laws triggering major unrest. The violence has renewed the independence movement's calls for the territory to secede from France. This push for independence has created deep divisions in the country - divisions that are being exploited by the former Soviet state of Azerbaijan.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Naomi Selvaratnam
It began with an enticing offer: an all-expenses-paid trip to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. It was July last year and Roch Wamytan, a prominent leader in New Caledonia's independence movement, took up the offer to fly to the former Soviet state for a series of meetings. On the surface, everything seemed routine. Azerbaijan was hosting a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement, a group founded during the Cold War for states who chose not to align with either major power bloc.
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May 15, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Jade Macmillan |Naomi Selvaratnam |Cameron Schwarz |Brad Ryan
/ Posted 5 minutes agoThe sun is still coming up over the city of Eagle Pass as Jessie Fuentes launches his canoe into the Rio Grande river. In Texas, the river serves as the natural border between the United States and Mexico. On the American side, guards stand on shipping containers, keeping watch. Items of clothing remain tangled in razor wire, where people placed them to protect their bodies from the barbs.
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Mar 23, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Avani Dias |Naomi Selvaratnam
/ Posted 2 minutes agoGurcharan Singh's days followed a similar pattern: cook, clean, and plough. He worked for the Nijjar family on an isolated, peaceful potato and wheat farm in north-western Punjab, a state in northern India. But in spring last year, the serenity ended. Carloads of Indian authorities started turning up at the farm unexpectedly. They came from all over the country and would drive down the gravel road into the property.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
asiasamachar.com | Asia Samachar |Avani Dias |Naomi Selvaratnam
By Avani Dias and Naomi Selvaratnam | ABC News | Australia |It was early one morning, when Samar Kohli was at work in Sydney, that he got a call on his phone from an unknown number. The man on the other end of the line said he was an officer from Australia’s intelligence agency ASIO and that he wanted to meet up. The meeting took place at an inconspicuous café. Two ASIO officers attended, both dressed in plain clothes. Samar Kohli asked to see their badges.
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Mar 20, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Avani Dias |Naomi Selvaratnam
It was early one morning, when Samar Kohli was at work in Sydney, that he got a call on his phone from an unknown number. The man on the other end of the line said he was an officer from Australia's intelligence agency ASIO and that he wanted to meet up. The meeting took place at an inconspicuous café. Two ASIO officers attended, both dressed in plain clothes. Samar Kohli asked to see their badges.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Naomi Selvaratnam
: It might surprise you to know that a lot of the designer fashion you're seeing on the streets these days is fake - and experts say it's funding everything from human trafficking to terrorism. Research from the European Union found that nearly 30% of 15-24 year olds have knowingly bought a counterfeit item and as the pressure to keep up with trends on tiktok and instagram only grows, the demand for fakes has never been greater.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Naomi Selvaratnam |Matt Henry
This is a Gucci Jackie 1961 bag. It retails for around $4,000 in one of the brand's high-end fashion boutiques. This is a fake. You can buy it online for about $50. This is a real Lady Dior. This is a copy. It's so good it's almost indistinguishable from the original. But there's a key difference.
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Aug 15, 2023 | 
abc.net.au | Naomi Selvaratnam |Dunja Karagic |Ingrid Wagner |Leila Shunnar |Tim Jenkins |Tim Roxburgh | +1 more
ALICE BRENNAN: Hey there Alice Brennan here and welcome to Background Briefing for another week. Did you know that 66 per cent of Australians say they watch reality TV dating shows? In many ways reality shows are the lifeblood of broadcast TV. Outside of news, reality is the most watched genre on the small screen these days. But behind the scenes, some of the contestants or actors who agree to participate in these shows are paying a really high price for our entertainment.
