Who we are: We are a registered charity and exist in the Western suburbs of Brisbane since 1995. We have ties to the major Christian nominations. We link up with other groups advocating social justice and engage in fundraising, awareness raising campaigns and education. Donations to the group are not tax deductable. We advocate for the environment and human rights for everyone, We believe in and pursue a culture of peace; We support the fair distribution of , and access to, goods, services and opportunities; We advocate justice that restores and rehabilitates rather than punishes; We work to eliminate problems and ignorance and foster compassion and understanding; We support and promote the rehabilitation of disadvantaged minorities; Our key concerns for 2020 are · Human rights · Refugees and asylum seekers (Australia’s policies towards them) · the environment ·
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Spending priorities
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Some Q uestions to the Australian G overnment Regarding Overseas Aid Australia’s foreign aid is the most important means by which Australia can foster good relations with other countries, alleviate poverty, influence decisions, and promote stability, peace and development. This is especially true for the Pacific island states which have been heavily impacted by climate change. In poor countries the impact of global warming - apart from threatening the survival, water and food supplies - tends to create or intensify conflict to access of resources and, thereby, it strengthens the root causes of terrorism. Because of this it is imperative for Australia, whose small, neighbouring nations are very much impacted by climate change, to drastically increase foreign aid spending. Other countries (not only China) are, indeed doing this and Britain, for example, last year achieved the UN-set norm of 0.7 % of GNP - in spite of its econo
Australia - a country failing to adjust
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Written by Karin Chai If we don't change our actions we are going to bake. In spite of worldwide efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions to 1.5% by 2050 the climate has already warmed by the 1 % from pre-industrial levels and is on track for at least a 2% rise by 2050 and a 3.5% rise by 2100, which “already exceeds the tipping point which could push the world on to an irreversible path to a “hothouse earth” (Dunlop), even with some efforts to cut down carbon emissions.(1) Many predictions about global warming are over-optimistic because of the delayed impact of temperature changes and because models cannot take all factors (often unknown) and their interrelations into account, nor can they predict cumulative effects (2). By the time the full long-term impacts of climate change are known, it is too late to address them. Thus the risk is immediate and requires a systematic, full scale approach across all industries and natio