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Media Alert: State Of The Regions Report 2008-09
8th December 2008 -
Views: 702
The latest State of the Regions report from leading forecasting group, National Economics, for the Australian Local Government Association presents a sobering snapshot of the nation. The State of the Regions Report for 2008-09 sets out: The costs of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions abatement; The global financial crisis; The unsustainable level of national debt; How broadband must be boosted to make Australia internationally competitive; and The failure of the knowledge economy to spread outside of the existing knowledge-intensive regions.
Australia Improves Effectiveness Of Humanitarian Aid
5th December 2008 -
Views: 727
$12 million to the United Nation’s Central Emergency Response Fund.
Australia Provides $8 Million Emergency Aid For The People Of Zimbabwe
25th November 2008 -
Views: 719
$2 million to NGOs in partnership with the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID).
New Strategy Launched For People With A Disability In The Asia Pacific
25th November 2008 -
Views: 733
Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance, Bob McMullan, will
launch Australia’s first strategy to guide Australia’s aid program in supporting people
with a disability in the developing world.
Reissue: Embargoed: New Strategy Makes People With Disability A
24th November 2008 -
Views: 718
An estimated 10 per cent of the world’s population, or around 650 million people, live with a disability.
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