Bayt al Dunya
Farah Beaini, a Lebanese-Australian poet, shares a poem for her city and the Lebanese people following the recent explosions in Beirut.
Tag Archives: aid
Long-term action on climate change is needed from Australia
Despite Australia’s commendable efforts in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam, an important insight that came out of a panel discussion was Australia’s need to take leadership on the matter of climate change, writes Donna Lu.
Education is The Key, But to Whose Door?
Henrietta de Crespigny reflects on the relevance of education in boosting international development.
The 757 million people also affected by Australia’s 2014-15 Budget
For whom else does the bell toll? Madolyn Smith asks how the Abbott/Hockey Budget will affect the 757 million people living in extreme poverty in the Asia Pacific.
The machinery of government: on being a person in the turning cogs of aid
What happens at the human level when the machinery of government makes a distant, impersonal decision?
Australia, UN Security Council and the crisis in Darfur
In the wake of Australia assuming the UN Security Council Presidency in September, Raymond Lau asks where to now for Australia and the international community on Darfur.
AusAID’s failure of commitment to human rights in Cambodia
The Railway Rehabilitation Project in Cambodia seeks to improve economic development by reconnecting the country. AusAID provides 15 per cent of the funding. So far so good, but Morgan Macdonald asks, who’s responsible when the project leads to the violation of people’s land rights?
Remittances to South Sudan – an unrecognised source of aid
Remittances by South Sudanese Australians make a tangible and significant contribution to South Sudan, a fact that is largely unknown or unrecognised by the Australian government, explain Abraham Mamer and Sara Maher.