Friday 5 September 2014

Your bank might fund the destruction of the Barrier Reef!


The billionaire Indian magnate planning to ship millions of tonnes of coal through the Great Barrier Reef is facing accusations of massive exploitation of his Indian workforce including underpayments and exposing them to cholera. The Age, 5 September 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y2IjD9pb54 Hey , On the front page today, The Age exposed Adani for what it is. A ruthless, greedy operator with an atrocious human rights and environmental record. On one side, gifts of silver and crystal are lavished upon Australian politicians. On the other, The Age reports that Adani pays a twelve year old boy $2.60 per day to work on a construction site for twelve hours, six days a week. It s reported employees are paid below minimum wage, have no legal protections and have no access to toilets, meaning breakouts of cholera are common.1 Adani built a coal port in India without proper environmental approvals, displacing local villagers and destroying conservation areas.2 Unbelievably, the Australia
http://bobfordham.com.au/your-bank-might-fund-the-destruction-of-the-reef.html

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