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	<title>Archie@ActionAid &#187; aid budget</title>
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	<description>Notes from Archie Law, CEO of ActionAid Australia</description>
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		<title>Eating out with Kevin Rudd</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/10/21/eating-out-with-kevin-rudd/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/10/21/eating-out-with-kevin-rudd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 06:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid effectiveness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/?p=712</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I attended a dinner for the Heads of Australian NGOs and their Board Chairs which was hosted by the Australian Council For International Development in Canberra. This was the initial event in the annual NGO pow wow and the guest speakers this year were the Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and the AusAID Head Peter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Rudd&#8217;s new post good news for overseas aid?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/10/15/is-rudds-new-post-good-news-for-overseas-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/10/15/is-rudds-new-post-good-news-for-overseas-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 22:05:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/?p=706</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian NGOs were living in relatively good times during the time of the Rudd Government.  We had a Prime Minister who was at home on the global stage, an effective if not free thinking Foreign Minister, and in Bob McMullan a parliamentary Secretary who was dedicated and knowledgeable in his portfolio. I should point out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the week: behind the glitz of the games</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/10/05/photo-of-the-week-behind-the-glitz-of-the-games/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/10/05/photo-of-the-week-behind-the-glitz-of-the-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women's rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/?p=698</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The lead up to the Commonwealth games has been fraught with criticism and speculation. The remarkable opening ceremony of the Delhi games temporarily silenced critics about the organisation of the event. But critics are still unconvinced about the need to spend so much money on an event that is unlikely to bring any benefits to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watching Kevin Rudd in New York</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/09/20/watching-kevin-rudd-in-new-york/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/09/20/watching-kevin-rudd-in-new-york/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Rights]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milennium Development Goals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/?p=680</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are doing a bunch of activities in Australia around the MDG Review Summit in New York this week and here’s some feedback on some of it. Last week in Canberra we held our third policy dialogue in partnership with the Australian National University which featured our own Jean Kamau who is the ActionAid Country [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the week: can we really end poverty?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/09/15/photo-of-the-week-can-we-really-end-poverty/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/09/15/photo-of-the-week-can-we-really-end-poverty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/?p=673</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine living in a world where with no poverty. Children would stop dying from preventable causes such as diarrhoea and pneumonia. No one would be prevented from going to school and getting an education. Malnutrition would stop killing millions of children before their fifth birthday. This situation isn’t a mere fantasy; they’re all part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Photo of the week: why have we left Pakistan stranded?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/08/20/photo-of-the-week-why-have-we-left-pakistan-stranded/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/08/20/photo-of-the-week-why-have-we-left-pakistan-stranded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:23:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[floods]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/?p=644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The devastating floods in Pakistan have killed less people than that of the Haiti earthquake or the 2004 tsunami. But it does and will continue to impact twenty million people that are trying to flee the area – larger than Italy (check out the comparison against Australia) – still underwater. The reaction to the unprecedented [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>What&#8217;s up with the Australian Aid Program?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/05/25/whats-up-with-the-australian-aid-program/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/05/25/whats-up-with-the-australian-aid-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 02:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/?p=480</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There have been a number of recent articles in the News Limited Papers that have been highly critical of the Australian Aid Programme and I thought that I should further explain ActionAid&#8217;s position. Before even addressing some of the issues raised in the current debate it is important to note that Australia is not a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s &#8220;re-engagement&#8221; with Africa</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/03/19/australias-re-engagement-with-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2010/03/19/australias-re-engagement-with-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[social justice]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/?p=380</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning the University of Sydney hosted an international forum chaired by Deputy Vice Chancellor (International) John Hearn on Australia&#8217;s &#8220;re-engagement with Africa&#8221;. The Australian Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, and the Finance Minister for Zimbabwe, Tendai Biti, were keynote speakers. Unfortunately my good friend Marc Purcell who is the Executive Director of the Australian Council For [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>So is the CPRS a good thing?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2009/11/26/so-is-the-carbon-pollution-reduction-scheme-a-good-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/2009/11/26/so-is-the-carbon-pollution-reduction-scheme-a-good-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Archie Law</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.actionaid.org.au/archie/?p=222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is talking about the Carbon Pollution Reduction Schemes (CPRS) in Australia this week &#8211; the climate change legislation Australia had to have… a watered down compromise to reduce the risk of the big polluters causing unemployment carnage if there is a small reduction in their fat profits. Some in the green movement say that [...]]]></description>
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