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Australian Pacific Minister sees PNG aid projects first-hand
ABC - Pacific Beat | 22 Dec, 2016
Australia's Minister for International Development and the Pacific made her first ever visit to Papua New Guinea.
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Trump-style political disaffection taking hold in Australia, review says
The Guardian | 21 Dec, 2016
Academic review of 2016 federal election warns trend of dissatisfaction with politicians should be seen as ‘wake up call’
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Minister comfortable with ABC plans to cut shortwave broadcasts into the Pacific
ABC – Pacific Beat | 20 Dec, 2016
The Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific says she's been assured by the ABC that listeners in the Pacific won't be disadvantaged when it switches off its shortwave transmitters next month.
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The biggest donors of 2016
IRIN | 20 Dec, 2016
Ben Parker looks at the world's humanitarian aid donors in 2016.
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UN Security Council to send monitors to Aleppo
ABC - AM | 20 Dec, 2016
The UN Security Council agreed to send monitors into the Syrian city of Aleppo.
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UN chief warns of dire consequences if climate change commitments broken
Devex | 19 Dec, 2016
Any nations withdrawing from the Paris agreement on climate change will “condemn future generations to untold suffering," according to outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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Hundreds leave besieged east Aleppo on first day of evacuation
The Guardian | 15 Dec, 2016
More than 2,000 people have been evacuated from besieged districts of east Aleppo under a deal brokered by Turkey and Russia and overseen by the Red Cross, and thousands more are expected to make the journey in the coming hours and days.
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Rethinking Australia’s Foreign Policy
Australian Institute of International Affairs | 14 Dec, 2016
The launch of public consultation on Australia’s new foreign policy white paper comes at an opportune time, when the legs of the ‘tripod’ that has supported the policies of every Australian government since 1942—an alliance with a great and powerful friend, engagement with the region around us and support for a global rules-based order—are looking weaker than ever.
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Australia won't meet Paris climate change targets, urgent policy needed on emission reduction: Finkel report
ABC | 09 Dec, 2016
A leaked report into the country's electricity market says Australia is not on track to meet the Paris climate change commitments and that investment in the sector has stalled because there is no long-term Government policy to reduce carbon emissions.
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Celebrating a Giving Australia and the Power of Partnerships
Pro Bono | 08 Dec, 2016
In the wake of the recent release of the landmark Giving Australia report, the not-for-profit sector needs to raise awareness about the importance of giving and how it makes a difference, writes Krystian Seibert from Philanthropy Australia.