NEWS
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AID/WATCH Annual Report
2018 was a year of consolidation for AID/WATCH, where we rebuilt our internal structures, strengthened our on-the-ground links with community-based organisations in Papua New Guinea, and collaborated with partner organisations in Australia to undertake joint campaigning. Through the year we developed a new proposal for a new ‘Global Justice Project’, which is now to be created in 2019.
AID/WATCH AGM
Aid/Watch will be holding our 2018 Annual General Meeting at 6pm on Tuesday 14th June from 6-8pm.
Paga Hill leader to stage protest in Canberra
Allan Mogerema, Paga Hill youth leader from Papua New Guinea will stage a peaceful protest outside the Canberra parliament to call for justice for his community, who were allegedly illegally evicted and homes demolished by two Australian companies. His action is being supported by AID/WATCH and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy.
Australians question how aid money is being spent in Indonesia after shift to ‘aid investment’
AidWatch said the $5.5 million Australia pledged in relief aid to Indonesia was a diplomatic initiative
Paga Hill iconic human rights film banned from PNG festival
Internationally acclaimed investigative documentary, The Opposition, about Paga Hill community’s fight for justice from the illegal eviction and demolition of their homes in Papua New Guinea’s capital of Port Moresby has been banned from screening at the PNG Human Rights Festival.
EVENTS
WEBINAR: Post-extractivism: How do we move beyond mining?
Around the world, communities, nature and the climate are being devastated by large scale extraction of minerals and metals. Driven by a growth-obsessed economic system that is exceeding planetary limits and mass unsustainable consumption by the few, the world’s appetite for minerals is growing insatiably, encouraging aggressive corporate tactics and state violence to secure resources.
APEC, Aid and Land Grabbing
Come along to USYD on Thursday 15 November to watch a The Opposition documentary about the Paga Hill land grab followed by a discussion about all things APEC, Aid & Land Grabbing with Paga Hill community leader Allan Mogerema, AID/WATCH co-founder & former Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon and AID/WATCH Campaign Coordinator, Natalie Lowrey.
Disaster Capitalism
The world believes that aid is used to rebuild the lives of those most in need, but is this the truth? Disaster Capitalism film screening, May 7, 6:30 PM – 8 PM, Hoyts Australia BROADWAY.