Oct 6, 2010 | IN THE NEWS
Afghans recently voted in their fourth poll since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001. They did so in a country that continues to be wracked by conflict and persistent poverty. It’s estimated that 42 per cent of the population live below the poverty line, and...
Sep 30, 2010 | IN THE NEWS
The federal opposition seized on the warning as further evidence that an unchecked Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd, who last week was spruiking Australia’s benevolence to the United Nations, will only accelerate the program’s failure.Deputy opposition...
Sep 21, 2010 | IN THE NEWS
ActionAid’s report reveals that hunger is costing poor nations US$450 billion a year – more than ten times the amount needed to halve hunger by 2015 and meet Millennium Development Goal One.Fighting hunger is in other words ten times cheaper than ignoring...
Sep 18, 2010 | IN THE NEWS
Care’s CEO, Julia Newton-Howes, outlined the details at a Canberra conference called to discuss the findings of a recent joint review of the Australia-PNG Development Co-operation Treaty. Presenter: Canberra Correspondent, Linda MottramSpeaker: Professor...
Sep 18, 2010 | IN THE NEWS
He says this as he prepares for his first overseas trip in the job, travelling to the United States. Doctor Emerson says he wants to turn his mind to PACER-Plus, the proposed Pacific free trade deal, as soon as possible, though a tight Parliamentary schedule in...
Sep 18, 2010 | IN THE NEWS
The endorsement came after this week’s meeting of regional agriculture and forestry leaders considered the findings of the report ‘Making Land Work’ prepared by Australia’s overseas aid body, AusAID.The acting director of the Land Resources...
