23 February 2006
GLOBAL POVERTY ON AUSTRALIA'S POLITICAL AGENDA AT LAST!
The launch of the Australian Labor Party’s policy discussion paper "Our Generation’s Challenge" this week is a significant development.
Thanks in large measure to the efforts of many people, like the readers of this bulletin, who support the Make Poverty History campaign, one of the major political parties in Australia has recognized that "Our generation …can be the generation that ended extreme global poverty, and in doing so helped to secure a peaceful, prosperous world for future generations." and that the key objective of Australia’s development Assistance program should be the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals
The discussion paper can be downloaded here.
That the main opposition Party in Australia has recognized this as a priority issue creates an opportunity to lobby the government to do likewise. Readers of this bulletin are encouraged to write or email Bob Sercombe the shadow minister for Overseas Aid and Pacific Island Affairs, congratulating him on the paper and his leadership on this issue.
Readers are also encouraged to contact their local member and Alexander Downer the government minister responsible for overseas aid, drawing their attention to the paper and urging their support for its provisions. Contact details for all members of Parliament can be found at the website of the Parliament of Australia
Thanks in large measure to the efforts of many people, like the readers of this bulletin, who support the Make Poverty History campaign, one of the major political parties in Australia has recognized that "Our generation …can be the generation that ended extreme global poverty, and in doing so helped to secure a peaceful, prosperous world for future generations." and that the key objective of Australia’s development Assistance program should be the achievement of the Millenium Development Goals
The discussion paper can be downloaded here.
That the main opposition Party in Australia has recognized this as a priority issue creates an opportunity to lobby the government to do likewise. Readers of this bulletin are encouraged to write or email Bob Sercombe the shadow minister for Overseas Aid and Pacific Island Affairs, congratulating him on the paper and his leadership on this issue.
Readers are also encouraged to contact their local member and Alexander Downer the government minister responsible for overseas aid, drawing their attention to the paper and urging their support for its provisions. Contact details for all members of Parliament can be found at the website of the Parliament of Australia
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