For three decades, Aid/Watch has been the only independent monitor of Australia’s international aid and development.
Through research, campaigns and advocacy centered in justice and solidarity, Aid/Watch collaborates with frontline communities and networks to expose Australian foreign policy mechanisms and development aggressions that undermine their lives, lands and waters.
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ODA, the Military, and Escalating Dynamics of Containment
There is a creeping militarization of the aid agenda in Australia. Aid has long been closely associated with Australian military interventions, from Afghanistan to East Timor, from the Solomon Islands to the Philippines. With the closure of AusAID in 2013, Australian Aid now favours national interest and private finance over the need for real aid. It has become more closely integrated with Australian diplomatic, strategic and military priorities especially as Australia’s Pacific sphere of influence comes under increased challenges.
Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN) Biennial Conference
From 4-8 April 2002, Aid/Watch Coordinator, Nat Lowrey participated in the Asia Pacific Research Network (APRN) Biennial Conference: Redefining Development: People Leading the Way Towards System Change in the COVID-19 Era.
NICKEL COMMUNIQUÉ: From the ‘Devil’s Metal’ to the ‘Holy Grail’ of Clean Transport
Nickel is rapidly emerging as a ‘critical’ metal for the shift toward electric vehicles (EVs) and battery energy storage.
RIO TINTO PLANS FOR SERBIA LITHIUM MINE SUSPENDED AFTER PROTESTS
Local authorities in western Serbia have suspended a plan that would allow the mining company Rio Tinto to operate a lithium mine, after protests by environmentalists that shook the country’s populist leadership.
RIO TINTO SUSPENDS PROPOSED LITHIUM MINE IN SERBIA AFTER PROTESTS
Rio Tinto has suspended plans to build Europe’s largest lithium mine after sustained protests across the country in opposition to the project.
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'Homes Destroyed, Livelihoods Lost'
A joint research report by Aid/Watch, Jubilee Australia and the Paga Hill community on the aftermath of community evictions and displacement at Paga Hill in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea