AidWatch was founded on a simple idea: that the people most affected by poverty and injustice should determine the solutions – not donor governments, not corporate contractors, not military strategists.

Thirty-plus years later, that idea feels more necessary than ever.

Right now, Australian ‘aid’ is being deployed to advance geopolitical interests in the Pacific, to smooth the way for critical minerals extraction and processing, and to build the security infrastructure of a regional military architecture most Pacific communities never asked for. The communities on the frontlines of Australian mining expansion — in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, across the Pacific — are rarely centred in Australian public debate.

Aid/Watch is changing that. And we need your support!

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