[Link] Maya Assad's family has been stateless for generations, but that could soon change

Read: 10/4/2022 www.abc.net.au

For more than a year the engineer and her businessman husband had been jobless, as the economy in the country in which she was born and raised, Lebanon, imploded.

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[Link] ‘You may bring shame to your family’: Australia launches campaign to stop seasonal farm workers absconding

Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Australian government has launched an aggressive campaign to prevent Pacific Islander farm workers from fleeing their jobs as new figures reveal more than 1,000 seasonal pickers absconded in the past year.

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[Link] Cracks in food system driven by year-round hunger for fresh produce begin to show

Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

As you consider your Christmas table – a bowl of cherries, a plump roasted bird and the cream on your pudding, you may spare a thought for the way the food gets to your table. Because three things this week signal cracks in our food production systems.

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[Link] Red Spice Road owners publish open letter about unpaid former staff

Read: 31/10/2021 www.theage.com.au

The owners of popular city restaurant Red Spice Road, which planned to reopen without contacting or paying the staff it sacked in May, have released an open letter claiming there had been a terrible misunderstanding.

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