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Community Values in a World of Need

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Rev Tim Costello (CEO of World Vision Australia) talks about placing global poverty on the national agenda. The global financial crisis, terrorism, conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan and parts of Africa, climate change and extreme poverty, demand our attention. This address was given as the 2009 Kerferd Oration, at the Beechworth Campus of La Trobe University. Copyright 2009 La Trobe University, all rights reserved. Contact for permissions.

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