With the Federal Budget delivered by Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg last Tuesday evening, many Australians were concerned about the allocation set aside for foreign aid, particularly RESULTS Australia and our volunteers. Peter Graves, a volunteer with RESULTS Australia, voiced his concern about the cut to Australia’s overseas assistance, in a letter...
By Mark Rice, RESULTS Australia’s Policy and Advocacy Manager The annual Federal Budget is always an important time for RESULTS Australia, as the contents of the Budget is a measure of how much influence our advocacy has on Government spending priorities and how much the Government’s objectives for the Australian aid...
Media release April 3, 2019 “The Government has made it clear that foreign aid remains a low priority with the Budget handed down tonight,” said RESULTS Australia CEO, Amelia Christie. “While we’re glad the Pacific is seeing a renewed focus, we’re going to see some programs cut and a reduction...
Tuberculosis—a preventable and curable disease— has the infamous title of being the leading infectious disease killer in the world. It now kills more people than HIV & AIDS. In 2017, 10 million fell ill with TB and needed treatment, including one million children, 3.2 million women and 5.8 million men (according...
Readers of ‘The Mercury’ in Hobart discovered on Thursday March 21, that “TB continues to be the top infectious killer, claiming more than 4300 lives every day,” as written by Micheal Picone, Volunteer with RESULTS Australia, in a letter to the Editor. Read on to discover more of what he had...
Sydney Town Hall, Melbourne Town Hall, Brisbane City Hall, Newcastle City Clock-Tower, Adelaide Town Hall, Launceston Town Hall, Trafalgar Bridge in Perth, Darwin Convention Centre and key landmarks in Cairns, Logan City (QLD) and Tasmania joined the global movement to ‘Light up the World for TB’ on Sunday, March 24, 2019....
What is TB’s impact in the world? Did you know that tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious disease globally? It caused the deaths of 1.6 million people (the population of Adelaide) in 2017. TB in Australia Within Australia, an estimated one million people live with the latent (non-infectious) variant of...
Be a part of our World TB Day social media campaign. World TB Day on Sunday March 24 highlighted the global epidemic of tuberculosis (TB) and the efforts made to eliminate the disease. At present, an estimated one million Australians live with latent (non-infectious) TB. 1.6 million people globally died...
Status of polio globally Wild poliovirus continued to circulate in Afghanistan last year, with 21 people recorded with polio, and 12 people in Pakistan. This is despite the fact that both countries undertook new vaccination campaigns through the National Emergency Action Plan, with a focus on closing any immunity gaps. ...
