NEWS & EVENTS
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.
Australia handed out millions in aid contracts to company accused of bribery
Sinclair Knight Merz, a donor to both Labor and Liberal parties, won contracts worth $489m for Asia-Pacific projects. AID/WATCH states that the corporatisation of aid has made it more difficult to ensure accountability for private companies administering aid
GRAUN NA GUTPELA SINDAUN LONG PAPUA NUIGINI
AidWatch's new publication GRAUN NA GUTPELA SINDAUN LONG PAPUA NUIGINI is a shortened and adapted version of Australian academic Tim Anderson's Land & Livelihoods in Papua New Guinea book. Translated in Tok Pisin for Papua New Guinean communities the booklet will...
AUSTRALIA’S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE AGE OF TRUMP
Since the presidential election, the eyes of the world have been on the White House ... particularly troubling are the global implications - how well will the US Eagle relate to the Dragon, not to mention the Bear. Are we now in a new volatile and a particularly...
AS AMBASSADORS GATHER, ITS TIME TO RETHINK
It’s time to remember just what the existing foreign policy has delivered. Since the 2003 White Paper, Advancing the National Interest, Australia has routinely undermined global norms. We have been at the forefront of breaking global commitments on military...
PUBLIC DEBATE KEPT TO THE MARGINS
Australia’s ambassadors are meeting behind closed doors in Canberra this week, to discuss the Government’s proposed new direction on foreign policy. While paying more than a $1 million on talking to their ambassadors. There have been two months of by-invitation DFAT...
AID/WATCH Submission to the DFAT White Paper Consultation, 2017
DOWNLOAD SUBMISSION James Goodman (Chair) Aidwatch welcomes the opportunity to participate in consultations regarding the proposed new White Paper for Australian Foreign Policy. AID/WATCH is an independent watchdog that campaigns against the use of Australia’s aid...
MEDIA RELEASE: Australian Aid Monitor Calls for Transparency over Papua New Guinea APEC Funding
AID/WATCH, an independent watchdog on aid and trade, has today written to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop calling for transparency over the level of funding being provided to the 2018 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum to be held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea,...
MAKE A SUBMISSION: FOREIGN POLICY WHITE PAPER
Are you concerned about Australia’s impact on the world? If so, you should tell the Government what you think. The Australian Government is currently calling for public submissions for its Foreign Policy White Paper. If you feel as we do about the direction of...
53 organisations call on Labor to reject failed TPP
6 February 2016 | Dear Senator, Reject the failed TPP and ensure fairness in future trade deals, including the RCEP We the undersigned 53 community organisations, representing over two million Australians, call on you to reject the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership...
REPORT: Australia’s ‘New Aid Paradigm’: Beyond ODA?
Since the election of a conservative Government in late 2013 the Australian aid program has been radically transformed. Under the Government’s ‘new aid paradigm’ it is difficult to recognise aid as having a meaningful development mandate beyond promoting the private...