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Australian aid watchdog condemns new foreign aid paradigm
MEDIA RELEASE Australian aid watchdog condemns new foreign aid paradigm For immediate release 18/6/2014 Sydney: Aid/Watch has responded to the address of Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to the National Press Club where Ms Bishop reiterated a commitment to...
AidWorks 23rd April 2014. A panel discussion on the role of the national interest in aid programs
Why do nations give aid? Is it to help alleviate poverty, or to show goodwill to those less fortunate? Is it to increase global peace and security or as a way of influencing the nations receiving aid? There are a multitude of reasons that influence both why and how...
Australian aid watchdog concerned about DFAT back-flip on aid to Grenada
MEDIA RELEASE 14 -2-14 Australian aid watchdog concerned about DFAT back-flip on aid to Grenada AID/WATCH supports the Government of Grenada making a diplomatic protest on the reneging of Australian aid funding committed to rebuild a new parliament building on the...
Aid monitor slams East Timor spying charges
Article appears in Green Left Weekly AID/WATCH has responded to the allegation that Australian government agencies, including AusAID, were involved in spying on the East Timorese cabinet room during sensitive meetings about oil and gas negotiations. AID/WATCH...
Call to eliminate corrupt and fraudulent land deals in Melanesia
Members of the Melanesian Indigenous Land Defence Alliance (MILDA) today issued a full statement and called for an immediate review of customary land administration in Melanesia to eliminate corrupt land dealings and fraudulent land practices. The group also draws...
Australian government cuts foreign aid budget
Thulsi Narayanasamy, Director of AidWatch, talks to radio RRR FM about Australia’s foreign aid policy and recently announced cuts to the foreign aid budget.
Australian aid watchdog calls on the Australian responsibility negligence Cambodia Railways Project
MEDIA RELEASE 10-2-14 Australian aid watchdog calls on the Australian responsibility negligence Cambodia Railways Project SYDNEY: Aid/Watch has welcomed the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) admission...
Australian aid watchdog outraged about allegations of AusAID involvement in spying
MEDIA RELEASE Australian aid watchdog outraged about allegations of AusAID involvement in spying For immediate release 4/12/2013 Sydney: AID/WATCH has responded to the allegation that Australian government agencies, including AusAID, were involved in spying on...
Pacific Aid from Australia protected for now
AidWatch’s Thulsi Narayanasamy speaks to Radio New Zealand about cuts to Australia’s aid programme and the lack of transparency since the aid programme has been integrated into the Foreign Affairs Department.
Aid/Watch’s Matt Hilton ADB’s report into Cambodian rail repair project
AidWatch talks to radio 2SER about a scathing report into the Asian Development Bank (ADB) that has found its $143 million project to repair Cambodia’s rail system has left hundreds of impoverished families worse off.
Summary and recording of Aid Talks #7 – Where Is Your Aid Money Going?
The seventh Aid Talks session on ‘Where Is Your Aid Money Going?’ took place on 9 December 2013 in Sydney. Part of the discussion was recorded.
Australian NGOs join Malaysian anti-Lynas camp-out in Sydney
Article originally appeared in The Malay Mail Online KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — Several Australian non-government organisations (NGO) today joined 16 Malaysian delegates in their protest outside Lynas Corporations’ shareholders meeting in Sydney, urging shareholders to...