NEWS & EVENTS

There remain cultures that place very little real value on money. Many have their own traditional money which often serves their societies' needs better than anything the modern world can provide. They are often in control over the valuation of their economic systems...

In October 2006 the ATO disqualified AID/WATCH as a charitable organisation. AID/WATCH appealed to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and in July 2008 the AAT President, Justice Downes, overturned the ATO's decision. The ATO is now appealing to the Federal Court,...

PACER itself is a product of John Howard's unapologetic interventionism in the Pacific - and the Liberal government's attempts to reshape political and economic decision-making in the region, with an orientation towards 'regional integration, trade liberalisation and...

Labour mobility may be in the headlines but when Kevin Rudd stepped off the plane in Niue for the Pacific Island Leaders forum this week, he had just one thing on his mind: markets. And not the colourful Pacific handicraft kind.Allowing Pacific workers to plug the...

The new government's pledged aid budget increase is a significant win for civil society campaigners and has rightly been celebrated as such. Australia has avoided meeting the pledged allocation of 0.7 per cent of GDP to overseas development assistance for too long and...

A major review of the $3 billion Australian aid program, the first of its kind ever conducted, was tabled in Parliament last Thursday at 4.30pm, one hour before most of Canberra departed for the four-day long weekend.If it weren't for the 11th hour timing, the...

What with all the hullaballoo over whether Kevin Rudd was only going to New York to meet Missy Higgins, everyone, including the Prime Minister himself, seems to have forgotten exactly why he is in the Big Apple this week.After being labeled 'Kevin 747' by the...

GovernanceGovernance is a funding priority of the aid program which increased significantly in the post-September 11 security environment, peaking in 2005/06 at 36% of ODA. In the same year health, education and infrastructure spending made up 33% of ODA combined. Of...

Australia’s aid spending of approximately $4.3 billion for 2010-11 currently sits at 0.33% of the Gross National Income (GNI).[1]Whilst both the major political parties have made a commitment to increase the aid budget to 0.5% of GNI by 2015, this still falls...

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ACFID: Australian Council for International DevelopmentADB: Asian Development BankADF: Asian Development FundANCP: AusAID-NGO Cooperation ProgramAusAID: Australian Agency for International DevelopmentBonds: A bond is a debt security in which the authorised issuer...

 Become a member Sign up to get involved Become a memberWe need your help to continue our work as an independent monitor of Australia's aid and trade.Becoming a member is a great way that you can help AID/WATCH continue our important work as the only...

You can learn more about an NGO by checking their website, annual reports or profile. You can also call them - when NGO’s realise that potential donors are interested in the quality of their work they will be more inclined to improve this.Some important issues...

Child sponsorship is often promoted as giving sponsors the unique opportunity to witness the life-changing effect of their donations, achieved through personalised correspondence with their sponsor child. Child sponsorship has a broad appeal amongst the public due to...

People are often at their most generous when giving to emergency appeals. The 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami attracted Australian public donations in excess of $260 million.[1] Governments also pledge the greatest humanitarian assistance packages during these emergency...