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To the Australian Government to give 0.7%

To the Australian Government to give 0.7%

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Started by Anonymous 18 years, 8 months ago
This petition is to the Australian Government. In the beginning, I thought, how can a thirteen year old girl do anything But I decided to try. Australia is not a poor country, however, there are many poor countries out there who need help. Their citizens are starving! Poverty.com has created an international aid solution. For every $100 earned, 70cents will be donated to people in need. It\'s equivalent to 0.7%. Thats not much, a modern country like Australia can do that. Here are the countries that have agreed: Sweden, Luxembourg, Norway, Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, UK, Belgium, Austria, France, Finland, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece. Here are the remaining six countries : Switzerland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and the US. These are all developed countries, and it is their duty to help the people in poverty who are living on this world.

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December 15, 2007

I honestly never thought so many people would actually care about what a thirteen year old has to say about international aid but here we are and it makes me think maybe things can actually change. Seeing all these people agreeing that we should be doing more for the world is honestly overwhelming in the best way possible and now I just want to keep pushing until someone in the government finally listens to us.

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Mark Jackson
18 years ago Featured

Bout time we stepped up. 0.7 percent is nothing for a country like ours when people are starving elsewhere. get it done.

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Sarah Holmes
18 years ago Featured

Good for you young lady. We have more than enough here and we should be doing our part like the rest of the world.

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Dave Mitchell
18 years ago Featured

embarrassing that we lag behind countries with smaller economies. fix this.

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