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Media release | Friday, 22 March 2024 In response to the $4.6 billion pledge to prop up the AUKUS deal and clear the United Kingdom’s “nuclear reactor bottlenecks” in the last 24 hours, the peak body for Australian development and humanitarian organisations, the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), is calling on the Australian Government … Continued
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The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties has tabled a report recommending the ratification of the following treaty actions: Acts of the Universal Postal Union adopted by the 2nd Extraordinary Congress: Tenth Additional Protocol to the Constitution of the Universal Postal Union and Second Additional Protocol to the General Regulations of Universal Postal Union. Acts of the Universal … Continued
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT: Protestors from across Australia will rally at Parliament House during Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Canberra on 20 March, as China promises to lift more coercive trade bans on Australian exports. Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, Chinese democracy activists and human rights defenders will send a strong message to China and the … Continued
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CANBERRA, ACT (20 March 2024) – Tibetan communities across Australia will join for a rally in Australia’s capital today in response to Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi’s Australian visit. Tibetans, Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, Chinese democracy activists and human rights defenders will send a strong message to China and the Australian Government: Human Rights are Not … Continued
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The Joint Standing Committee on Treaties will hold a public hearing today for its inquiry into the Second Protocol to Amend the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA) (Second Protocol). The Second Protocol updates the original treaty and First Protocol with a range of new provisions including additional commercial opportunities for Australian businesses, particularly in the … Continued
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Friday 15th March, 2024 – for immediate release Media statement Plan International Australia welcomes Australian Government decision to unfreeze critical UNRWA funding in Gaza Humanitarian and child’s rights organisation Plan International Australia welcomes the news today from Foreign Minister Penny Wong that the Australian Government will unfreeze its funding to the United Nations … Continued
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The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for humanitarian and development organisations, welcomes the Australian Government’s announcement to reinstate the funding of the United Nations Relief Works Agency (UNRWA). “This decision is overdue given the urgency of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and UNRWA’s lifesaving support amongst a population currently on the … Continued
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DHARAMSALA, INDIA – Sunday 10 March: Australian Parliamentarians travelled to India this week to meet with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama in a display of solidarity with Tibetans living in exile. During the four-day visit to the Dharamsala-based headquarters of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile, the four-member delegation will attend the official commemoration function of the … Continued
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Media release | Tuesday, 5 March 2024 Australia’s peak body for international development cautiously welcomes the federal government’s $2 billion finance facility to drive clean energy investment in Southeast Asia. But Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) CEO Marc Purcell said the details of the new financing facility mattered. “In particular, we will need to … Continued
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This year is the 50th anniversary of ASEAN-Australian relations. The 2024 ASEAN-Australian Special Summit will be held in Melbourne, March 4 – 6, with La Trobe Asia playing a vital role in organising the maritime pillar for the summit. La Trobe academics are taking part to speak about maritime security. This is the second time … Continued
