Government takes early lead in Australia’s election count
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Early counting in Australia’s national election showed a small swing to the governing Liberal-led conservative coalition, running counter to pre-election opinion polls and setting the stage for a tight contest on Saturday night. The coalition is leading the national two-party count against centre-left Labor by 51.7 per cent to 48.3 per cent with […]
Aid advocates welcome Labor’s proposed increase to Australia’s foreign aid budget
Advocates for increasing Australia’s international aid budget welcomed a promise from Labor to lift the level of foreign aid funding should they win government at the next federal election. Labor passed a resolution at its national conference in Adelaide on Tuesday to lift the level of the country’s foreign aid every year if it wins […]
Micah Australia welcomes Labor promise to commit $500 million to UNHCR over five years
Micah Australia has welcomed an announcement from Opposition Leader Bill Shorten that if elected, a Labor Government would commit $500 million in funding to the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees over a five year period. A funding increase for UNHCR – from $25 million to $100 million a year – had been one […]
ESSAY: FEDERAL ELECTION ’07 RESULTS – WHAT DO THEY MEAN FROM A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE?
JIM WALLACE, managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby, reflects on the weekend’s election results…