Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s announcement that she will continue to open each Parliamentary year with a statement on how Australia is progressing in closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage shows government commitment at the highest level, the Close the Gap Campaign said today.
The revenue the extractives sector generates each year in poor countries is far greater than official aid flows and could see major improvements within countries if a portion was directed towards essential services for local people.
While in South Western Bangladesh last week, I watched as a woman named Shahana sat cross-legged on the ground with thirty members of her community noting down the many ways changing weather patterns were impacting their lives.
At a special ceremony in Melbourne today, President Jose Ramos-Horta presented the Insignia Da Ordem De Timor-Leste to David Scott AO in recognition of his commitment and contribution to the people of Timor-Leste.
Oxfam Australia today welcomed Prime Minister Gillard’s announcement to hold a referendum to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People in the Australian Constitution.
The challenge of climate change is a global one. But it is poor people in developing countries who are suffering its impacts first and worst. And they simply cannot afford to wait any longer to receive the assistance that they so desperately need.
Tianjin, China – Governments from around the world, including Australia, must design an effective fund that will help the world’s poor adapt to climate change, international aid agency Oxfam said today as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference begins in Tianjin, China.
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd’s promise to target more aid to the world’s least developed countries will mean more of Australia’s aid is going where it’s needed most, international aid agency Oxfam Australia said today.
Australia’s new Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd should make tackling global hunger one of his top priorities when he attends the UN Millennium Development Goal summit in New York this week, international aid agency Oxfam Australia said today.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard should take an early opportunity to show that her new Government will meet its commitments to the world’s poorest by attending an upcoming United Nations’ summit in New York, international aid agency Oxfam Australia said today.