April 2024
- Opinion
- Minimum wage
Lift the minimum wage and help to close the poverty gap
Almost 5 million Australians live at or below the poverty line. Even a 4.9 per cent rise would go some way to help those in insecure work.
- Michael Kennedy
June 2023
- Exclusive
- Climate policy
Bono’s Aussie mate Hugh Evans demands $5.3b cheque from PM
Dubbed the Bob Geldof of his era, Hugh Evans admits his mates help get attention for his message about global poverty and climate change.
- Patrick Durkin
April 2023
Billions wasted in poorly evaluated community programs: CEDA
The impact of hundreds of billions of government spending is unknown according to new research, due to federal and state schemes not being properly evaluated.
- Tom Burton
Poorest countries find finances under pressure from higher rates
The rise in debt servicing costs will fuel an ongoing debate over debt forgiveness.
- Jonathan Wheatley
January 2023
Gates says Putin’s war has destroyed world’s sustainability goals
Microsoft founder Bill Gates says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means rich countries are funnelling money into the war effort rather than climate change or poverty.
- Campbell Kwan
- Exclusive
- Lunch with the AFR
Meet the head of a $1b business who earns less than $450 a week
Miriam Gluyas, the new Salvation Army Commissioner for Australia, has some grand plans for the 142-year-old organisation.
- Tony Boyd
Rich Listers make $2500 a second as world’s wealthy descend on Davos
Analysis by charity Oxfam warns that the surging growth in billionaire wealth is unsustainable.
- Lucy Dean
June 2022
‘That’s on you’: Oxfam puts ‘wilfully blind’ investors on notice
It is possible to work towards a comfortable lifestyle without jeopardising the planet or pushing people into poverty, but it requires work.
- Lucy Dean
October 2021
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Media Watch should back off Pru Goward pile-on
The role of Media Watch should be to push back against social media-framed outrage pile-ons, not encourage it.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters of 26 October 2021: At last, a climate of coherence
Australia’s net zero deal, Rockhampton space centre, distribution of wealth, call for more immigration.
February 2021
China claims to have ‘eradicated’ extreme poverty but questions remain
In a bombastic ceremony, Chinese leader Xi Jinping declared ‘complete victory’ over extreme poverty but facts and figures were hard to come by.
- Lily Kuo
October 2020
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to UN food agency
'Until the day we have a medical vaccine, food is the best vaccine against chaos,' the Nobel committee said in its citation.
- Nerijus Adomaitis and Stephanie Nebehay
May 2020
- Opinion
- AFR Magazine
Our global public health system is only as good as its weakest link
Neglect of the vulnerable now amplifies the risks of COVID-19 to us all, writes Adara Group founder Audette Exel.
- Audette Exel
April 2020
World on brink of `a hunger pandemic'
The UN world food program has issued a stark warning that the pandemic will push 265 million people to the edge of starvation.
October 2019
- Opinion
- Opinion
How Nobel economics winners use science to target poverty
Randomised testing can dive into the micro-economics of why some groups and nations are worse off than others
- Richard Holden
Economists who study poverty win Nobel Prize
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer won the award for their studies into global poverty. Duflo is only the second woman to win the Nobel economics prize.
May 2019
China's farming revolution bears fruit for Australian growers
Australian macadamia nuts and berries are making a name for themselves in China's Yunnan province.
- Michael Smith