Bob McMullan MP - International Development Assistance

Increasing Australia's aid to 0.5% GNI by 2015

Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:20:33 +0000

Extract from Kevin Rudd's speech addressing the Lowy institute:
Australia’s national self interest demands that we ... tackle poverty in our region, as part of a wider strategy to deal with the impact of terrorism, climate change, pandemics and refugees on Australia ... if we fail to do so ... we will face even greater costs in the future...

[It] is also ... the right thing to do because poverty is the enemy of all humankind.
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Australia boosts youth employment in East Timor

Thu, 08 May 2008 07:47:24 +0000

Australia will help increase youth employment in East Timor.

A $24 million four-year program is helping to create short-term employment opportunities and establish vocational education and training benefiting up to 70,000 young people.

Transcript of interview with Jacinta Tynan and Susanne Latimore – Sky News on the Hour 2pm - Emergency aid to Burma

Wed, 07 May 2008 23:54:44 +0000

Visiting East Timor

Tue, 06 May 2008 03:50:25 +0000

I will visit East Timor from 7 to 11 May, 2008. It will be my first visit to East Timor as Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance.

During my visit I will call on President HE Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta and meet with Prime Minister Mr Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao and other Ministers and senior officials in the Government of Timor Leste to discuss the Australian development cooperation program.

Australian agricultural research to help meet food shortage in Afghanistan

Mon, 05 May 2008 03:49:49 +0000

I am pleased to announce funding of a new agricultural research project that will help increase wheat and maize production in Afghanistan, as part of Australia’s commitment to rebuilding food security, income generation and rural employment opportunities.

To achieve this, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and AusAID are providing $1.5 million funding over four years in partnership with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre and the Afghanistan Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock.

Australia refurbishes PNG National Library

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:04:43 +0000

The refurbished Papua New Guinea National Library will be officially opened by Bob McMullan, Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance today, 30 years after its official opening in 1978.

Australia showcases rehabilitation support for landmine survivors in Cambodia

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:22:35 +0000

The Hon Bob McMullan MP, Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance, will today open Survivors, a photographic exhibition detailing the impact of landmines on survivors in Cambodia.

Advancing regional reform through Australian Leadership Awards

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:10:32 +0000

A range of Australian organisations will open their doors to current and future regional leaders after securing funding under Round 2 of the Australian Leadership Awards -Fellowships program.

Australia working with the Philippines to improve basic education

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:03:07 +0000

Australia will help the Philippines to ensure public schools reach and maintain higher standards of basic education and increase young Filipinos’ access to education.

We will provide a $41 million development assistance grant over four years (2007 –2011) through a World Bank trust fund in support of the Government of the Philippines’ basic education reforms.

Australia to enhance health partnerships in the Asia Pacific

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:49:15 +0000

The Australian Government will establish stronger alliances with a range of domestic, regional and international partners to improve the quality and effectiveness of health sector development assistance in the Asia-Pacific region.

We will provide up to $24 million over four years to establish Health Knowledge Hubs with the Nossal Institute; the University of New South Wales; the University of Queensland; and the Centre for International Child Health, Menzies School of Health Research and the Burnet Institute.

Australia reaffirms commitment to sanitation in the Asia Pacific

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 05:48:22 +0000

On the eve of United Nations World Health Day (7 April), the Australian Government has reaffirmed its commitment to improving sanitation services in the Asia-Pacific region.

Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance, Bob McMullan, said improving access to clean water and sanitation services is crucial to raising the health and living standards of people in the Asia Pacific.

Australia encourages businesses to help reduce poverty in Cambodia

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:45:13 +0000

The private sector in Cambodia can now bid for Australian Government-funded grants for projects that lift people out of poverty.

The Enterprise Challenge Fund for the Pacific and South East Asia provides grants of up to $1.5 million for developing successful business ideas which improve livelihoods, incomes and access to vital goods and services in Cambodia.

Australia Assists with 2008 Cambodian National Assembly Election

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:42:25 +0000

Australia will contribute $570,000 to support voter education and civic participation in the lead up to the Cambodia National Assembly election this year.

Australian funding for trials of Khmer Rouge leaders

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:41:19 +0000

Australia will provide further support to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia which have been established to prosecute those leaders most responsible for crimes against humanity during the Khmer Rouge period.

Australia to help Mekong countries tackle climate change

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:40:22 +0000

Australia is working with Mekong countries to address the impacts of climate change.

The Australian Government is providing $450,000 to support a climate change partnership between the CSIRO and the Mekong River Commission (MRC).