NEWS & EVENTS
Non-Government Organisations
What is a Non Government Organisation (NGO)NGOs are a diverse mix of organisations with varied purpose, issues and supporters.A small number of NGOs pioneered private overseas aid during the colonial period before World War II. A larger number were established in the...
Multilateral aid
About 30% of Australian aid money is channelled through multilateral institutions and funds. Australia gives more money to the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) than to United Nations agencies and programs.The World Bank and ADB in particular...
Australian government aid
The official objective of the program is to 'assist developing countries to reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development, in line with Australia’s national interest'.[1] While providing aid in line with Australia’s national interest might seem...
What is aid?
Wealthy donor countries set the guidelines for defining “Official Development Assistance”. This allows donors to artificially inflate the amount of aid they claim to provide by including items which do not contribute to poverty...
Where is your AID money going?
The Australian government will spend $4.3 billion on foreign aid in 2010-11. Aid spending is often seen as a selfless and philanthropic exercise for the...
The David vs Goliath battle continues: Putting EU business ahead of Pacific development
Pacific trade officials have returned from the latest round of negotiations for a new Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (talks were held in Brussels last month) with all signs indicating the EU is placing its business interests ahead of...
Aid talks threatened as rich countries refuse to budge
Hopes for a progressive agreement to reform international aid look set to be dashed at this week’s aid talks in Accra, Ghana. Delegates to the High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness have been at loggerheads for two days with the United States and Japan refusing...
RAMSI in Solomons ‘should be wound down’
Article originally appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald An Australian-led peace mission in the Solomon Islands has created a virtual apartheid by driving up prices in the capital and should be wound down, an academic says. Tim Anderson, who has written a report on...
We trained Burmese officers, police admit
Article originally appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald By Craig Skehan THE Australian Federal Police has confirmed three of its officers trained 20 Burmese police in intelligence gathering, as the international group Aidwatch warned that such co-operation should be...
Watchdog uncovers misuse of Australian funds for Iraq humanitarian relief
Post appeared on Devex In a new report, Aid Watch revealed that Australian officials used over A$170 million ($146 million) in Iraq aid for Australia’s own gain. “Far from protecting Iraq’s own food security, which was the stated objective of Australia’s aid mission,...
Refugee funds get foreign label
Article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald. By Debra Jopson. THE Federal Government has wrongly counted $113 million it is spending on supporting refugees during their first year in Australia as foreign aid, a Sydney-based watchdog says. This has contributed to...
Come to My Village: land and life in PNG radio documentary
AID/WATCH reported, recorded and produced a half hour radio documentary on Land rights and Environmental Campaigns in PNG. This was aired on the ABC. The documentary, entitled ‘Come to my Village’ interviews landowners and campaigners in PNG on their attitude towards...