Over three days of action, Australians have called on our politicians to “Keep the Promise‟ to the world’s poorest people. As global financial instability threatens to be on the rise again, there has never been a more important time for Australian politicians to reaffirm their commitment to help halve global poverty by 2015, according to [...]

Make Poverty History (MPH) welcomes yesterday’s announcement by the Australian Government to match dollar-for-dollar all public donations made to eligible Australian aid and development agencies working in the Horn of Africa. The humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa has worsened in the past few months with more than 13 million people affected by famine. [...]

The Make Poverty History Coalition has applauded the Government’s Response to the Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness, released last week.

The Make Poverty History coalition congratulates Prime Minister Gillard on her election and looks forward to working with her government on key development issues.

MPH are distributing 50,000 copies of a free newspaper to commuters to coincide with the Melbourne UN DPI conference on global health.

A recent poll found that 84% young voters of aged 18 – 24 support lifting Australia’s aid spending to 0.7% of GNI.

In the lead-up to this year’s federal election, Make Poverty History is urging the ALP to commit if they win the election, to have a Minister for International Development.

Make Poverty History has welcomed the Australian Greens' commitment to have a Minister for Development.