“The next mouthful of food you take after you read this may have an awful aftertaste. That’s not necessarily because there’s anything wrong with your food, but because of how it gets to your plate.” Opinion in The Australian Financial Review, by Polisario’s Australia representative, Mr. Kamal Fadel, 25 March 2008
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Press Release, 01 February 2008
Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA)

 The Australia Wester Sahara Association  (AWSA) applauds the decision of Öhman Funds from  Sweden to divest from  the Australian phosphate company CSBP (Wesfarmers) due to its imports of  phosphate rock from the occupied Western  Sahara. Continue reading →

Another investor, Öhman Funds from Sweden, has now divested from the Australian phosphate company Wesfarmers due to its imports of phosphate rock from occupied Western Sahara.

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Australia Western Sahara Association (Victoria)
Press Release: 30 January 2008
AWSA Questions Bendigo Bank’s Ethical Policy

The Australia Western Sahara Association protested on 29 January 2008 on the occasion of the Annual General meeting of Bendigo Bank.
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The Advertiser, 30 January 2008 – 5:00AM
ALI the Camel had no intention of breaking a leg when he turned up at the Capital theatre for Bendigo Bank’s extraordinary general meeting yesterday. Kyneton police reported complaints by motorists concerned for the welfare of the stuffed animal……..
The mascot of the Australia Western Sahara Association (Victoria), Ali the Camel represents a campaign to curtail investment in companies including Wesfarmers and Incitec Pivot
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Australia Western Sahara Association (Victoria)   Press Release: 24 January 2008

Ali The Camel to attend Bendigo Bank AGM
Bendigo Bank, a community bank set up to achieve a prosperous, sustainable community, is holding its AGM on Tuesday 29 January in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. Ali the Camel plans to attend.
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Incitec defends import policies
from The Weekly Times, December 26 2007.
By ROSLYN LANIGAN
FERTILISER giant Incitec Pivot has been forced to defend its continued sourcing of phosphate rock from a disputed North African territory.
Chairman John Watson told shareholders at its annual general meeting last week the company was not in breach of international law by importing from Western Sahara. A small group of protestors gathered outside the meeting to urge Incitec Pivot to halt trading with Morocco, which controls Western Sahara.
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Incitec optimistic about outlook (but faces shareholder criticism over WS phosphate )
December 20, 2007,
The Sydney Morning Herald
The chief executive of fertiliser maker Incitec Pivot Ltd, Julian Segal, says he is cautiously optimistic about the outlook for earnings in the current financial year. (click on link above for rest of story)

Making a meal of human rights
December 21, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald
An African invasion has repercussion in Australia, writes Ben Cubby.
Almost every time Australians sit down at the dinner table, they are eating the fruits of Morocco’s illegal invasion of Western Sahara.  (click on link above for rest of story)

Further articles about the illegal importation of phosphate into Australia:

Ethical blacklisting of Wesfarmers >>:

Resource Theft information sheet >>