NEWS & EVENTS
AID/WATCH open letter to Bob Carr: Australian aid must not support the expansion of Australian mining interests overseas
Open Letter to Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr: Australian aid must not support the expansion of Australian mining interests overseasWe, the undersigned organisations, understand that AusAID has been exploring options to expand partnerships between CSOs,...
AID/WATCH demands an end to aid money supporting Australian mining interests overseas
The letter signed by a number of international organisations draws attention to the use of funds through the Development Assistance Program (DAP) subsidising the corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of Australian mining companies. DAP funds are usually...
2013 People & Planet calendar and diary
The beautiful calendar and diary with photos from around the world can be ordered by filling in the form and sending it back to AID/WATCH. In addition, this year beautiful gift cards are also available.
AID/WATCH in the news: ‘Like’ if you want to end global poverty
go here to read the full article:http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/like-if-you-want-to-end-global-poverty/403/
AID/WATCH in the news: AusAID report criticises PNG HIV programs
AusAID spent over 170 million dollars on HIV programs in PNG between 2007 and 2010, but the report says that there is little evidence that AusAID's support has limited the spread of HIV/AIDS.Public health organisation The Burnet Institute is partly-funded by AusAID,...
We Need The Truth On West Papua
Severe abuses of human and democratic rights continue in West Papua as the indigenous population struggles for the right to decide their own future as a people. As the violence escalates, it’s important we know what role Australia is playing in supporting the...
Australia Invented Pacific ‘Boomerang Aid’
When Foreign Minister Bob Carr last week moved quickly to limit criticism of China’s aid policy in the Pacific, he inadvertently put the spotlight on the motivation behind Australia’s own foreign aid program.With China’s Pacific aid program estimated...
AID/WATCH sends letter to the Government over TPPA negotiations
The Hon. Dr. Craig Emerson Minister for Trade Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Dear Dr. Emerson,Our organisations are concerned about the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement (TPPA) being negotiated with the US, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Brunei, Singapore,...
AID/WATCH 20th Anniversary Celebration
Book tickets here nowAID/WATCH the story so far...Twenty years ago, AID/WATCH was formed in a living room in Sydney by a handful of activists concerned that Australia’s overseas aid money was making life harder for the very people it was supposed to...
Troubled Australian aid project to restart in Cambodia: AusAID dodging transparency
17th July 2012 Troubled Australian aid project to restart in Cambodia: AusAID dodging transparency AID/WATCH condemns the restarting of the troubled Cambodian Railways Project just months after Toll Royal Railways suspended it, without any...
AID/WATCH media release: AusAID dodging transparency
In February AID/WATCH released a report on the Cambodian Railways Project that detailed these problems including a botched resettlement process that had put families in danger and landed many others in debt. Civil society organizations that had raised issues with the...
AID/WATCH event: After RIO+20 and Copenhagen: Advancing Environmental Justice
The recent failure of the Rio+20 conference to agree on a real and just framework to reverse the environmental crises we face was the latest in a series of unsuccessful UN conferences, including the yearly international climate talks. Nnimmo Bassey, chair of Friends...
AID/WATCH at the One Just World Forum
Are we making a difference?The successes and challenges of international aidThe world’s poorest face a constant battle to survive. They have inadequate access to health, education and other services. They face problems of hunger, malnutrition and disease. They...
Sustainable Mining? Pull The Other One!
While the Australian media were in a frenzy over mining magnate Gina Rinenhart’s attempts to take control of Fairfax, many of the world’s leaders, corporations and NGOs were at the RIO+20 summit discussing how to work together towards a sustainable...
As long as the rich can speculate on food, the world’s poor go hungry
WHEN we think of overseas aid, we think of helping people who need it. The government says aid helps people overcome poverty. But does it? Obviously, to overcome poverty we have to overcome the causes of poverty, and the big causes of poverty today are untouched by...
AID/WATCH in the news: ‘NGOs worry new Australian aid Framework may hamper independence’
Australia has just released the AusAID Civil Society Engagement Framework.It is advocates a sustainable approach to overcoming poverty through better service delivery, improved governance and stronger local systems.Aidwatch is generally happy with the Framework, but...
NSW Minerals Council’s misguided response to AID/WATCH protest
AID/WATCH and Friends of the Earth together argued that the RIO+20 summit had a real potential to chart a sustainable agenda for the next two decades but that this was being undermined by the approach of the Australian Government.Read the response from the NSW...