Opinion pieces

Freedom from hunger: the most basic of human rights

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Starvation is synonymous with poverty. Food is the most basic of human needs. After all the extras are cut out, and then the necessities – clothes, shelter, education – only food is left.

Opinion Pieces, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, ACFID, Andrew Hewett, Australian Government, CARE, Caritas, Famine, Human Rights, International Human Rights Day, Jack de Groot, Julia Newton-Howes, Oxfam, Paul O’Callaghan, Red Cross, Robert Tickner, Tim Costello, World Food Crises, World Vision

Australian support of Millennium Development Goals vital to war on poverty

Monday, September 22, 2008

Next week, political leaders will meet in New York to attempt to get the world’s assault on poverty back on track. No doubt few business leaders in Australia will pay much heed to the UN General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals. They should. The outcome of these goals will have a profound impact on corporate Australia.

Opinion Pieces, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Australian Government, Foreign Aid, Kevin Rudd, Millennium Development Goals, Tim Costello, United Nations

Fuelling the food crisis

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

World Environment Day this year should pierce the minds of more Australians than ever before. As we feel the pinch at the petrol pump our leaders are flinging solutions at us like tax cuts and biofuels. In the meantime, across the globe there is a massive food crisis brewing that is already threatening 100 million people.

Opinion Pieces, Poverty, Asia and the Pacific, Global Energy Crises, Tim Costello, World Environment Day, World Food Crises