Oxfam Labour Rights Advocacy Coordinator Tim Connor says companies such as Pacific Brands need to take more notice of overseas manufacturers and their workplace conditions, considering that more jobs may be sent overseas.
The Hong Kong company in question, Li and Fung, also contributes to the manufacturing process for other Australian clothing companies such as Just Jeans.
Muslim students at Melbourne's RMIT University have planned a protest today over the lack of Muslim prayer rooms on campus, saying it exposes their women to sexual abuse and harassment.
RMIT's Islamic society says they are sick of being given the run around, with students now being forced to pray in corridors and women's rooms.
But RMIT's Acting Vice -Chancellor, Dr Maddy McMaster, says there are already eight muslim prayer rooms across three campuses, and the policy remains that prayer rooms in the uni's spiritual centre are multi-faith and open to bookings.
The Coalition Against Duck Shooting will cause a stir outside Victorian Premier John Brumby's office today, when they display a collection of dead protected bird species which were illegally shot over the weekend.
A rescue team of 170 volunteers outnumbered shooters with the help of the Wildlife Victoria mobile veterinary clinic.
Campaign Director, Laurie Levy, says despite knowing that wildlife officers, police and media were present, shooters illegally started firing before opening time, calling it an "incredible show of stupidity."
Prominent Christian leaders have urged Australians to support fair trade and consider the exploitations of workers behind the production of cotton and chocolate this Easter.
Unfair conditions behind the production of coco and cotton include underpaying small holder farmers and the use of harmful agricultural products, a situation the churchs says can be prevented by consumers.
Products which promote fair working conditions are identified by the use of the Fairtrade symbol on chocolate made by companies such as Oxfam and Scarborough Fair.
Queensland's state government should declare half of the Great Barrier Reef a disaster zone, according to the Seafood Industry Association.
The fishing industry says the effects of the cyclone were felt from Bowen right down to Wide Bay, with jobs now at risk because reef wildlife has disappeared.
But Queensland Tourism Industry Council CEO, David Gscwind, says media attention has already hurt tourism in the area, and the declaration of a natural disaster zone is unnecessary. (((((((((( GRAB 22 SECONDS )))))))))
Research in Japan has found that drinking socially is good for our health.
The study that observed drinking patterns and social support of almost twenty thousand men, from ages forty to sixty, found that light to moderate drinking was associated with reduced risks of heart disease and stroke.
Light to moderate drinkers with a higher level of social interaction also fared better in health than those with low levels of social interaction.
The proposed blacklist for banned websites in the government's internet filter which was leaked last week is not authentic, according to senator Stephen Conroy.
The list reportedly contains over 2000 web sites which were part of the blacklist, including several Queensland businesses.
But Senator Conroy insists while the list contains some common sites to those on the actual blacklist, it also has sites which were never the subject of an ACMA investigation.
Mines in Queensland's north west are under investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency after heavy rains caused on-site water overflows.
Ten mines in the area are potentially contaminated, where toxic water has spilled over, and may have affected some cattle stock.
And finally British scientists have developed a robot fish that will be able to detect water pollution
The fish use chemical sensors to identify hazardous pollutants caused from leaks.
They are one and a half metres long, and five robots will be released into a port off north Spain as a trial.
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