Australia to resume funding to UN Palestinian agency

STORY: Australia had consulted with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and other donor countries and was satisfied with the additional safeguards put in place, Wong said at a news conference in Adelaide.She also appealed to Israel to allow more aid into Gaza, adding that it was a "prime consideration to recognise that we have children and families who are starving" there.Australia along with more than a dozen countries, suspended funding to UNRWA in January after Israel accused 12 of the agency's 13,000 employees in Gaza of participating in the deadly October attack. The UN has launched an investigation into the allegations, and UNRWA fired some staff after Israel provided the agency with information on the allegations.Sweden, Canada and the European Union have recently resumed funding to some degree.