by Beth | Jun 6, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
WASHINGTON, June 5 — Federal and state officials are expressing alarm about the proliferation of food stores that cater to low-income people but charge more than other grocery stores, thus driving up the cost of a major federal nutrition program. The program, the...
by Beth | Jun 4, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
MELBOURNE, June 3, 2004 (theage.com.au): This (Australian) Government does not want to hear criticism – especially from the poor, writes Kenneth Davidson in The Age …. When the poor speak, who listens? …. The ability of groups to provide...
by Beth | May 14, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
SYDNEY, May 12, 2004 (coss.net.au): The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) today responded in detail to the tax cuts announced in the federal Budget warning that they would weaken Australia and divide Australians. “The $4 billion a year tax cuts...
by Beth | May 10, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Some of the world’s poorest people are suffering as a result of the war on terror, a leading UK charity has said. Christian Aid says the UK Government must halt a “dangerous drift” towards linking aid to fighting terror. The report cites Iraq,...
by Beth | Apr 16, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
SYDNEY, April 18, 2004 (catholicweekly.com.au): Next Sunday’s The Catholic Weekly (Sydney) features two articles on poverty in Australia. Church Groups Unite in Call for Poverty Inquiry focuses on Church and welfare groups continuing to press the Federal...
