Abstract:
At the conclusion of their 2007 Make Poverty History roadtrip, hundreds of toothy, t-shirted Oaktree Foundation ‘youth ambassadors’ flooded the Opera House forecourt to demand the government take action on the Millenium Development Goals, a set of targets to reduce global poverty. Kevin Rudd, at that time still enjoying the popularity that would deliver him the prime ministership, appeared before the assembled beaming faces to pledge a minimum of 0.5 per cent of GNI for foreign aid. The jubilant young activists of the Oaktree foundation have been dining out on the event ever since – never forgetting to mention they told Kevin they ‘wanted seven’ – even though four years have passed without an increase from the original figure of 0.35 per cent.
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