“The world is getting hotter, conflicts are erupting, new and unknown diseases are emerging. They also asked for a further $200m investment into developing strategies for food security to prevent hunger crises from emerging. They said that Australia contributes only 0.2% of its gross national income to foreign aid, as opposed to the OECD average of 0.32%.

The group, called the Help Fight Famine Coalition, called out Australia’s relatively low contribution to foreign aid. The poll of 1,055 voters found 60% supported overseas aid, compared to 52% in 2019. The move would be supported by a growing majority of Australians, according to a poll conducted by YouGov. “We urge the government to give what it can to save lives.” “When children starve to death it is an unspeakable tragedy,” Lulu Mitshabu, Caritas Australia program coordinator for Africa, said. Until then, have a good evening.Ĭharities urge government to increase foreign aid for hunger by $110mĪ $110m increase in foreign aid to global hunger hotspots from the Australian government could help avoid a catastrophe, aid organisations said.ĪAP reports a group including Oxfam, Unicef and Caritas Australia have asked the Australian government to invest in a $110m famine relief package for countries in Africa and the Middle East. Twenty years since the start of the Iraq war, Coalition senator Michaelia Cash has argued that the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 was “based on the best possible advice at the time” and helped remove Saddam Hussein.Įmbattled casino operator Star Entertainment has pleaded guilty to new charges of breaching Queensland’s Casino Control Act.Īmy Remeikis will be back with you in the morning for the second sitting day of this week. Victoria’s attorney general, Jaclyn Symes, says the Andrews government will take “active steps” to ban the Nazi salute after the weekend’s protest.Ī former SAS soldier accused of killing an Afghan civilian during a mission in southern Afghanistan more than a decade ago has been arrested and charged with the war crime of murder. Deeming claims a neo-Nazi group “gate-crashed” an anti-trans event she attended. Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming is vowing to fight the opposition leader, John Pesutto, over his push to expel her from the Liberal party room. In case you missed it, here’s what made the news today:

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