http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/taxonomy/term/8071/all en http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2013/09/06/coalition-broken-aid-promise-further-disillusions-youth-vote <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Just twenty-­‐four hours before polls open, thousands of young voters have met the Coalition’s broken promise on foreign aid with outcry.</p> <p>The Coalition announced yesterday that $4.5 billion in foreign aid increases would be cut should they form government.<br /> Viv Benjamin, CEO of the Oaktree Foundation, stated the slashed funds could have saved the lives of 450,000 people living in extreme poverty around the world. [1]<br /> ‘The impact of Abbott’s aid cuts, revealed at the eleventh hour, must be made known so voters can make an informed vote on Saturday’ Ms Benjamin said. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/foreign-aid-cuts-coalition-youth-un-oaktree-foundation">Foreign Aid Cuts Coalition Youth UN Oaktree Foundation</a></div></div></div> Fri, 06 Sep 2013 03:16:42 +0000 Anonymous 11780 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal