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AID/WATCH is a not for profit activist organisation monitoring and campaigning on Australian overseas aid and trade policies and programs. We work to ensure aid-funding reaches the right people, communities and their environments.
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ARTICLE: A Pacific Development Burger with the Lot
Australia is using its attractive labour mobility scheme to lure Pacific island countries into a free trade agreement, writes Flint Duxfield, and the consequences could be dire.
2008-08-20
NEWSLETTER: July 2008 #32
Top Stories include: The Limits of RAMSI, Hydropower along the Mekong, Cheap Medicines under Threat in Thailand and more...
2008-08-13
MEDIA RELEASE: AID/WATCH Regains Charity Status
Aid advocacy organization AID/WATCH has regained its charity status after the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) overturned a decision made by the Tax Office that the organization was too ...
2008-08-06
NEWS: Pacific NGO claims Australian officials are trying to bully island countries into trade deals
A Pacific NGO has accused Australia of bullying Island countries as it tries to fast track the revamped Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations or PACER PLUS.
2008-08-04
CAMPAIGN UPDATE: WTO talks continue to leave out developing countries
Yet another attempt to re-ignite the stalled WTO trade negotiations is currently underway in Geneva. While the negotiation deadline continues to be extended it seems the developed countries are still ...
2008-07-27
ISSUES PAPER: People’s Perspectives on Land
This year AusAID announced a new Pacific Land Program ostensibly for the purpose of both protecting customary land rights and increasing foreign direct investment in PNG, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands ...
2008-07-24
ACTION: Send a letter to Australia's trade minister to let him know that no deal is better than a bad deal.
This week marks the crunch time for the World Trade Organisation's Doha round of negotiations. The talks are aiming to establish guidelines for global trade in agriculture, manufactured goods and ...
2008-07-22
VIDEO: Professor Anu Muhammad in Newcastle, Australia
Campaigner and academic Prof. Anu Muhammad recently toured with AID/WATCH to speak about the impact of climate change in Bangladesh and local struggles to prevent the ADB funding destructive, ...
2008-06-29
Camp for Climate Action - Newcastle July 10th -15th, 2008
The Camp for Climate Action will be an inspiring six days of workshops and grassroots direct action aimed at stopping the expansion of the world's biggest coal port in Newcastle. The Australian ...
2008-06-05
ACTION: Letter Writing Appeal to Support the People of Phulbari, Bangladesh in opposing the Phulbari Coal Project
The proposed Phulbari Coal Project in Bangladesh is one of the most contentious and ill-conceived development projects the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has ever considered funding. Anu Muhammad has ...
2008-03-19
EVENT: Voices from Bangladesh Climate Change and Development Speaking Tour
AID/WATCH is pleased to be hosting a Climate Change and Development speaking tour of Bangladeshi academic Prof. Anu Muhammad during May 12-23rd. The tour will visit Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, ...
2008-05-16
POSITION VACANT: Office and Fundraising Manager
AID/WATCH is seeking applicants for this part-time position, to be based in our Sydney office. This role focuses on managing our small office, implementing key elements of ...
2008-05-14
FACT SHEET: Climate Change in Bangladesh
Bangladesh stands out as one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change worldwide
and is already showing signs of what the future may look like for others.
Click this link to download the ...
2008-05-11
MEDIA KIT: Voices from Bangladesh Climate Justice Speaking Tour
Professor Anu Muhammad will be visiting Australia over the next two weeks to discuss the impacts of climate change in Bangladesh and urge the Australian government not to support the construction of ...
2008-05-07
MEDIA ALERT: Wayne Swan, use your ADB vote to stop Climate Change
A colourful theatrical demonstration will be held today to urge Australia’s Treasurer Wayne Swan not to fund dangerous climate change through the Asian Development Bank (ADB) ahead of the ADBs Annual ...
2008-05-01
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