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***REISSUE*** Media release | Saturday, 22 June 2024 The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for international development and humanitarian action, and the Sudanese Australian Advocacy Network (SAAN) endorse Australia’s $29 million aid package for the Horn of Africa. Of the funding, $13 million will go toward humanitarian relief for those in … Continued
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Media release | Saturday, 22 June 2024 The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for international development and humanitarian action, and the Sudanese Australian Advocacy Network (SAAN) endorse Australia’s $23 million aid package for the Horn of Africa. Of the funding, $13 million will go toward humanitarian relief for those in war-torn … Continued
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REISSUE Media release | Friday, 21 July 2024 The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for international development and humanitarian action, endorses several positive outcomes for regional development made this week, covering health and initiatives to rebuild in the wake of the landslide in the Enga Province of Papua New … Continued
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Media release | Friday, 21 June 2024 The Australian Council for International Devlopment (ACFID), the peak body for international development and humanitarian action, strongly endorses a new federal government agreement with Papua New Guinea to bolster the development of new tropical disease treatments and shield against antimicrobial resistance. The partnership between Australia’s national science … Continued
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A memorial service to mourn those who have died while homeless will be held on the longest night of the year. As the cold winds of winter grip NSW, for those sleeping rough, it’s the toughest of times. One night on the streets is too long, but a winter must feel like an eternity. It … Continued
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Hunger nearly tripled in five of these countries over the same period Water-related disasters forced people to flee from their homes nearly eight million separate times in 10 of the world’s worst-hit countries last year, with many having to move multiple times – a 120% increase compared to a decade ago, said Oxfam today. On … Continued
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The National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) congratulates Professor Jenny May AO, a long-term ally of the Alliance, on her appointment as the National Rural Health Commissioner. Professor May has worked extensively with the Alliance for many years, including serving as the Alliance Chair from 2008 to 2011 and as a Board member from 2017 … Continued
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Academics from UNSW Sydney Business School and the UNSW Gendered Violence Research Network have developed a set of recommendations to assist the federal government with reforms to make Australia’s tax system less vulnerable to weaponisation by abusers. The Australian Tax Office is frequently being implicated in situations where abusive partners deliberately put company tax debts in … Continued
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Fams, the peak body for NSW not-for-profit family and children’s services, has welcomed the NSW Budget but expressed concern around a lack of early intervention and prevention funding for vulnerable children. Fams CEO Susan Watson said the $224 million investment into the foster care system is a good step forward, but it doesn’t tackle the … Continued
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NAB, Woolworths, BHP and Hancock Prospecting are amongst the companies that have amassed staggering crisis profits The top 500 Australian corporations made $98 billion in additional ‘crisis profits’ off the back of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine between 2021-23, a new Oxfam report reveals, as the organisation calls for a ‘crisis … Continued
