Essay: When numbers reflect what we value
PETER KEEGAN, director of advocacy at Baptist World Aid Australia, responds Australia’s federal budget, handed down on Tuesday night…
Updated: Australian aid agencies welcome increased COVID-19 support for neighbours but urge increased long term giving
Updated: 5:30pm Australian aid agencies and anti-poverty advocates have welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to set aside one-off support of almost $A305 million for the COVID-19 response and recovery in Pacific nations and Timor Leste as part of its Federal Budget but say the amount given to aid foreign nations doesn’t go far enough. Tim […]
Salvation Army urges Australian Government to increase allowance for job seekers
The Salvation Army in Australia is urging the Federal Government to increase its Newstart allowance for job seekers after research revealed the average recipient is living on just $17 a day after accommodation expenses. The results of the 2018 Economic and Social Impact Survey of 1267 people who call on Salvation Army services also found that […]
Australian aid agencies decry lack of support for foreign aid in Federal Budget
Aid agencies have expressed disappointment at the Australian Government’s decision to freeze the country’s foreign aid budget. Helen Szoke, Oxfam Australia‘s chief executive, said a continuation of the freeze put in place last year meant the foreign aid budget equated to just 22 cents in every $100 of gross national income. “This Budget freeze represents […]
Christian humanitarian agencies express “deep disappointment” at Australia’s latest foreign aid cuts
Christian aid and humanitarian agencies have expressed their disappointment at the Turnbull Government’s decision to cut more than $300 million from Australia’s foreign aid in the Federal Budget handed down Tuesday night. World Vision Australia says the latest $303.3 million cut means that today’s levels of foreign aid are less than half the 0.5 per […]
Australian Christian Lobby joins aid agencies in expressing alarm over reports of further foreign aid cuts in Federal Budget
The Australian Christian Lobby has said it hopes a report suggesting money would be redirected from foreign aid to fighting terrorism in tomorrow’s Federal Budget with managing director Lyle Shelton saying such a move would “constitute a breach of Australia’s commitment to meet the Millennium Development Goals to tackle global poverty”. The Australian newspaper has reported […]
ESSAY: FEDERAL BUDGET 2009 – WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GLOBAL POOR?
TABITHA HORSLEY, of Micah Challenge Australia, takes a look at what the Federal budget means for the world’s poor…