NEWS & EVENTS
AidWatch congratulates Prime Minister Rudd on appointment of a Minister for International Development
MEDIA RELEASE (For immediate release) AidWatch congratulates Prime Minister Rudd on appointment of a Minister for International Development Australian Aid watchdog AID/WATCH today, came out in support of the appointment of a Minister...
Cambodia railway project a disaster for relocated households: report
STT, a local NGO, has released a report saying dozens of households relocated from Phnom Penh are much worse off, as a result of a badly designed resettlement process.Around 1,000 households either have been or will be relocated nationwide by the $142 million dollar...
Australia seeks global role in tackling the resource curse
Australia is putting itself at the forefront of the global campaign to reduce the negative impact of extractive industries in developing countries. Interview appears on ABC Radio Australia Australia has over 300 mining companies operating in Africa and more working...
AIDTalks#2. Buying Hearts and Minds: The Militarisation of Aid
Join us on Monday 13 May at the Surry Hills Community Centre to discuss militarisation of aid.For more detail, see here.Aid Talks: The Politics of Development is a free, monthly discussion series hosted by Aid/Watch on issues of aid and development. This will provide...
Rudd ousts Gillard: A ‘game changer’ for Australian aid?
Article appeared in Devex By Johanna Morden The bitter power struggle that has gripped Australia’s Labor Party in recent months has ended with a crushing victory for Kevin Rudd, who on Thursday was sworn into his former office as prime minister three years after...
AID/WATCH in the news: Budget games as foreign aid scrimped, misused and diverted
The federal budget shows the foreign aid program is increasingly being used as a slush fund to pay for the government’s political priorities and pet schemes — from sending asylum seekers back home to managing concerns about animal cruelty in...
NGOs question Australia’s Mining for Development Initiative
Interview appears on Radio Australia NGOs question Australia's Mining for Development Initiative Updated 17 May 2013, 4:21 AEST Questions are being asked about whether Australia's $127 million dollar Mining for Development initiative helps Australian corporate...
Contractors: good value for money or drain on aid resources?
According to its website, Irish Aid delivers results for poor people and provides value for money. So where does hiring a limousine for Jeff Sachs, the US economist famed for his work on the impact of globalisation on developing countries, fit into the equation? Irish...
June E-Bulletin
This edition has important information on the upcoming AID/WATCH AGM, the End of Financial Year Appeal, our monthly discussion series Aid Talks, Committee of Management vacancies, and A Common Purpose Film Fundraiser.Read the June e-bulletin.
Aid Talks #3 – Security or sovereignty? Fighting for the future of food
Join us on Tuesday 11 June at the Surry Hills Community Centre to discuss aid and the future of food.For more detail, see here.Aid Talks: The Politics of Development is a free, monthly discussion series hosted by Aid/Watch on issues of aid and development. This will...
Budget games as foreign aid scrimped, misused and diverted
Article originally appeared in Crikey. By Gareth Bryant The federal budget shows the foreign aid program is increasingly being used as a slush fund to pay for the government’s political priorities and pet schemes — from sending asylum seekers back home to managing...
AusAID Fuels Bougainville Mining Tensions
Last week The National – one of Papua New Guinea’s major newspapers – featured a full page advertisement attacking the AusAID-funded legal adviser to Bougainville, Anthony Regan, who is also a fellow at the Australian National University.Written by...