NEWS & EVENTS
Community Struggling To Access Water And Basic Needs Years After Eviction
New research has found that a community in Port Moresby who were forcibly evicted and their homes demolished without compensation at the behest of a company with significant Australian ties, are still struggling to access basic needs and rights, even years after their eviction.
WEBINAR: Frontline Responses to Australia’s Green Extractivism
Held on Monday 8 November 2021 Australian mining companies are investing all over the world in critical minerals such as copper, lithium and rare earth metals in order to cash in on profits to be made from the race to “net zero”. This land grab is being...
Aid Talks Webinar: RE-IMAGINING AID
This Aid Talks webinar seeks to examine why aid must be decolonised and the long overdue need for honest reflection, acknowledgement, and remedy for colonisation across all facets of modern life, including within the aid sector.
Is Australian Lithium the answer to Zero Emissions?
Australian groups have joined a global network of communities directly impacted by lithium mining, who are warning against drastically expanding mining in the name of ‘Green Energy’.
Lina Cabarero – an inspiration to us all!
Tribute to a passing friend who inspired us all
Re-imaging Australian Aid & Development
Register and Join the Aid/Watch AGM on Monday July 19 from 6 PM via zoom AID/WATCH 2021 AGM Monday 19 July, 6:00PM AEST via Zoom We invite you to the 2021 AID/WATCH AGM. Join us to hear what we have been up to and presentations from our partners Projects Sepik (PNG),...
Expert Report Submissions on Lynas PDF
EXPERT REPORT SUBMISSIONS ON LYNAS EIS March 2021 that was rejectedSubmission of objection of EIA for Lynas PDFSubmission of objection to Bukit Ketam PDF ConstructionSubmission of objection to Bukit Ketam PSubmission of concern Radioactive Waste Clarification...
MEDIA RELEASE: Cormann’s OECD appointment is bad news for aid effectiveness
Australia’s role as America’s pawn has been highlighted in a recent blow to the effectiveness of Australian aid with the appointment of Mathias Cormann as the Secretary General of the OECD. Mr Cormann’s well documented track record on climate change is in stark...
REJECT LYNAS RARE EARTHS RADIOACTIVE WASTE PERMANENT DISPOSAL FACILITY IN KUANTAN, MALAYSIA
Send a submission to the Jabatan Alam Sekitar (Department of Environment) Malaysia calling for the rejection of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) submitted by Lynas Rare Earths
MINING & COVID 19
Aid/Watch joined over 300+ organisations globally in contributing and signing on to the ‘Global Solidarity with Communities, Indigenous Peoples and Workers at Risk from Mining Pandemic Profiteers’ statement
JOINT LETTER: Global Social Protection Fund needed to provide basic services for all working people
A Joint Letter to Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Marise Payne calling for a Global Social Protection Fund
Lynas or lies?
“Simply put, Lynas has never had a social licence to operate – this would never be allowed here in Australia.”
NGOs Ask Australia to Suspend Lynas’ Rare Earth Export to its Malaysian Plant
Friends of the Earth Australia, AID/WATCH, together with Australian chapters of Malaysian BERSIH Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections and Saya Anak Bangsa Malaysia Melbourne (SABMOZ) have responded to a petition that has gained momentum in Malaysia demanding that Australia suspends Lynas’ rare earth export to Malaysia because Lynas has no safe disposal facility for its radioactive waste.
Human Rights Defender: ABC Radio National Wantok program
AID/WATCH partner from the Paga Hill community and human rights defender Allan Mogerama talks to Hilda Wayne on ABC Radio National’s Wantok program about his community’s ongoing #Justice4Paga campaign that seeks redress for the human rights violations they have faced with the illegal eviction of their informal settlement, and compensation for their homes that were demolished by two Australian companies, the Paga Hill Development Company and Curtain Brothers and the PNG State.
Julie Bishop accused of breaching standards with new aid job
“I really do question whether this should happen it undermines the integrity of the aid program interns of the extent to which it is seen to not be delivering on its purpose which is to offer development assistance.“ James Goodman, Chair of AID/WATCH
Paga Hill Community take their issue to the United Nations
MEDIA RELEASE: A resilient community from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea’s capital city was represented by Human Rights Defender and Paga Hill youth leader, Allan Mogerema at the Human Rights Defender’s Advocacy Program (HRDAP) with the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) from 17-28 June in Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Mogerema delivered a joint statement at the 41st UN Human Rights Council.
Paga Hill leader to stage protest in Canberra
Allan Mogerema, Paga Hill youth leader from Papua New Guinea will stage a peaceful protest outside the Canberra parliament to call for justice for his community, who were allegedly illegally evicted and homes demolished by two Australian companies. His action is being supported by AID/WATCH and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy.
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