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World Vision to assist Pakistan flood survivors

Monday, August 2, 2010

World Vision teams are assessing and planning for an emergency response following flash flooding across northern Pakistan.

Media Releases, Emergencies, Poverty, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Disaster relief, Flood, Foreign Aid, Pakistan

Citizen’s Assembly must include neighbouring nations

Friday, July 23, 2010

World Vision Australia today urged the Gillard Government to reserve places on its proposed Climate Citizen's Assembly for nationals of neighbouring countries, such as Tuvalu and Indonesia, who are already suffering from the effects of climate change.

Media Releases, Climate change, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, Climate Change, Foreign Aid, Indonesia, Julia Gillard, Tim Costello

Aust and Indonesian groups call for illegal timber ban

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Social justice, environment and international development organisations have echoed an Indonesian call on the Australia Government to fulfil its 2007 election promise to ban imports of illegal timber.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, Illegal Timber, Indonesia, Julia Gillard, Tim Costello

Sending asylum seekers to East Timor raises many questions

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Australia’s largest aid agency today urged the Australian Government to immediately provide details on its plan to establish a regional processing centre for asylum seekers in East Timor.

Media Releases, Human trafficking, Asia and the Pacific, Asylum Seekers, Australian Government, East Timor, Julia Gillard, Tim Costello

Australia disappoints on climate funding for the world’s poor

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

The nation’s largest aid agency said today it was disappointed with the Australian Government’s lack of progress on promised “fast-start” funding to help the world’s poorest people adapt to climate change.

Media Releases, Climate change, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, Climate Change, Foreign Aid, Tim Costello, United Nations

Call to kick child labour out of soccer balls

Friday, June 11, 2010

Australia’s largest aid agency today called on big sporting companies to continue the fight to eradicate child labour in India and Pakistan’s soccer ball manufacturing industry.

Media Releases, Child labour, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Middle East, Eastern Europe & Central Asia, Child Labour, FIFA, India, Pakistan

Australia's aid commitments under question from Coalition cuts

Thursday, May 20, 2010

The Coalition’s proposed cuts to the foreign aid budget calls into serious question its commitment to assist the world’s poorest people, warned International development agency World Vision Australia.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, AUSAID, Australian Government, Budget Cuts, Foreign Aid, Millennium Development Goals, Tim Costello

Confusion over aid budget but we take Prime Minister at his word

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Development agency World Vision Australia last night noted reports suggesting $1 billion had been cut from the foreign aid budget but believes this is a misunderstanding of the government’s intention.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, AUSAID, Australian Government, Budget Cuts, Foreign Aid, Kevin Rudd, Report, Tim Costello

World Vision Australia commended for transparent reporting

Friday, May 7, 2010

The nation’s largest aid agency, World Vision Australia, was last night commended for the openness of its reporting and was announced the winner of the 2009 PricewaterhouseCoopers Transparency Awards.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, NGO, Report, Tim Costello, World Vision

Australia needs a road-map towards international aid level of 0.7 per cent GNI

Friday, April 16, 2010

Australia is best placed among OECD nations to raise its contributions to official development assistance (ODA) towards 0.7 per cent, according to international development agency World Vision.

Media Releases, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, AUSAID, Australian Government, Foreign Aid, Millennium Development Goals, Tim Costello

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