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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme a lost opportunity: Make Poverty History 16 Jul 08
The Government has missed a key opportunity to assist our developing country neighbours to cope with the impacts of climate change, Make Poverty History said today.

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Australian immigration quota needed for 'climate change refugees': Make Poverty History 13 Jul 08
An Australian immigration program with a quota for ‘climate change refugees’ is amongst recommendations in a Make Poverty History report, being launched today.... Read more...
Link must be made between climate change and poverty 02 Jul 08
The Rudd Government’s response to the Garnaut draft report this Friday must tackle the injustice at the heart of climate change – that poor people in developing countries, who are the most affected, are least responsible for causing climate change. ... Read more...
Change the world one cup at a time: Oxfam Australia 02 May 08
Take a Coffee Break this Fairtrade Fortnight (3–17 May) and help change the world one cup at a time.

Oxfam Australia is urging people to take a Fairtrade Coffee Break from Saturday May 3 to help improve the lives of farmers in some of the poorest parts of the world.

Organised by Oxfam Australia and the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand (FTAANZ), Coffee Break encourages people to take a break with their friends, workmates or school with some great-tasting Fairtrade tea and coffee.
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Australia failing its own poverty pledges 17 Oct 07
Australia lags behind most developed countries in the amount of overseas aid it gives and has failed to fully implement more than half of its commitments to the global blueprint to combat poverty, a report by anti-poverty coalition Make Poverty History has found.... Read more...
ACCC dismisses claim against Oxfam 27 Jun 07
Claims by an Australian rightwing think tank that Oxfam Australia was misleading the public for claiming Fairtrade Coffee helped lift some of the world’s poorest coffee farmers out of poverty have been dismissed by the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC).... Read more...