Prime Minister Julia Gillard won’t be attending a meeting of Pacific island leaders this week (Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 August) – despite the fact that she is currently at the helm of the Pacific Islands Forum. Read full release »
No one likes to think of themselves as a fair-weather friend. Being flaky in a crisis is not, after all, an attractive quality. But much as they might try to hide it when they meet in Canada this week, the world’s richest nations are proving themselves to be just that to the world’s poorest people: unreliable at a time when they are reeling from the economic crisis, climate change and food shortages. Read full release »
The G20 is meeting this weekend at a crucial moment. Weighing on the minds of G20 leaders will be the European sovereign debt crisis, the continuing depth of the US recession and the lack of public financing following gigantic bail-outs to prop up the global finance sector. Read full release »
Oxfam is calling on Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan to push for a small tax on banks to raise revenue to help millions of people, at the G20 finance ministers meeting in Washington today (23 April). Read full release »
Trade officials and Ministers have been meeting this week in Brisbane to hammer out a new trade agreement between the Pacific Island Countries, and Australia and New Zealand – PACER-Plus. Read full release »