Updated: Foreign aid advocates express disappointment over Australian Government decision to keep foreign aid at “least generous level” in Tuesday’s budget
Updated 10:45am Christian coalition Micah Australia has expressed disappointment the Federal Government has decided to keep foreign aid at its “least generous level” following the release of the budget on Tuesday. The decision not to restore the foreign aid budget, which will drop to 0.21 per cent of gross national income in 2019-20 and which […]
Australian Christian NGOs welcome news last children will be removed from Nauru
Christians advocating for children to be removed from Nauru – where they have been held under the Australian Government’s immigration policies – have welcomed news that the final four children and their families are leaving the Pacific Ocean island. Prime Minister Scott Morrison made the annoucement on Sunday morning, saying all four chidlren and their […]
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 […]
More than 200 Christians meeting with Australian politicians to advocate for the world’s poor
More than 200 Christians, representing every major Christian denomination, are meeting with the nation’s politicians in Canberra today as part of Micah Australia’s Voices for Justice event. Some 80 face-to-face meetings with politicians are scheduled. Tim Costello, executive director of Micah Australia, said with the Australian Government’s Mid-Year Economic Fiscal Outlook only days away, it was […]
Australian Christian women advocate for world’s poor at nation’s capital
A delegation of prominent Christian women met with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and MPs from both sides of Parliament in Canberra late last week to advocate for justice for the world’s poor. The delegation, which facilitated by Tim Costello, executive director of Micah Australia, included various church and NGO representatives – among them Eloise Wellings, […]
ADVOCACY: MICAH AUSTRALIA URGES CHRISTIANS TO RAISE THEIR ‘VOICES FOR JUSTICE’
DAVID ADAMS speaks to Matt Darvas, campaign director for Micah Australia, about the upcoming ‘Voices for Justice’ gathering in Canberra and his own journey to faith through the “door of justice”…
Australian church leaders call for “inclusive” and “accountable” foreign policy that prioritises poor
Church leaders of 12 major Christian denominations have signed a statement calling for Australia to adopt an inclusive and accountable approach to foreign policy which promotes peace and human security, the preservation of “sustainable and flourishing ecologies” and reflects God’s priorities for the “poor and most vulnerable”. The statement, which has been signed by leaders […]
ESSAY: WHY AUSTRALIA NEEDS ITS FIRST AMBASSADOR FOR DISABILITY INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT
ERIN RYAN, of CBM Australia, sets out why Australia needs to appoint an Ambassador for Disability-Inclusive Development to help ensure people with disabilities in the developing world don’t remain ‘invisible’ when it comes to our aid and foreign policy…
SIGHT-SEEING: THE JOY OF TAX
BEN THURLEY, of Micah Australia, writes about why he’s happy to pay tax…