Thursday, March 1, 2012

Qld: Anti-debt campaigners to lobby PM at CHOGM

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Qld: Anti-debt campaigners to lobby PM at CHOGM

By Nikki Todd

BRISBANE, Feb 23 AAP - Australia lags behind its Commonwealth counterparts in movesto help the world's poor, anti-third world debt campaigners said today.

Vowing to protest outside CHOGM on Queensland's Sunshine Coast next week, Drop theDebt campaigners are calling on Australia to cancel more debts owed by the world's poorestcountries.

Jubilee Australia-Drop the Debt, part of a global movement calling on wealthy nationsto lift debt repayments owed by poor countries, said it would lobby Prime Minister JohnHoward to follow the lead of Canada and Britain in the struggle to help …

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