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Australia spent 10x more on defence than aid. Again.

Jun 17, 2026 | IN THE NEWS, SUPPORT, TAKE ACTION

AidWatch was founded on a simple idea: that the people most affected by poverty and injustice should determine the solutions – not donor governments, not corporate contractors, not military strategists. Thirty-plus years later, that idea feels more necessary...

Challenging Power, Building Solidarity: AidWatch Annual Report

Jul 24, 2025 | ABOUT, AID TALKS, ALTERNATIVES TO GREEN EXTRACTIVISM, CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, MILITARISATION, PUBLICATIONS, SOLIDARITY

Aid/Watch 2024–25 Annual Report: Challenging Australia’s aid and foreign policy, exposing the links between militarisation, extractivism and unjust development, and standing in solidarity

International Human Right Day: People’s rights under attack, growing resistance and international humanitarian law.

Nov 24, 2024 | EVENTS, FEATURED, IN THE NEWS, SOLIDARITY

Join us on Sunday 8 December to celebrate International Human Right Day: People’s rights under attack, growing resistance and international humanitarian law.

The world-famous art and storytelling of The Beehive Collective

Feb 23, 2023 | ALTERNATIVES TO GREEN EXTRACTIVISM, EVENTS, IN THE NEWS

Straight out of Turtle Island/Canada on the “Art of Resistance World Tour,” Sakura Saunders and Darius Mirshahi from the Beehive Collective will be touring Australia

Aid/Watch welcomes Malaysia’s decision to Stop Lynas Dumping More Radioactive Waste

Feb 17, 2023 | ALTERNATIVES TO GREEN EXTRACTIVISM, CAMPAIGNS, IN THE NEWS, Rare Earth, STOP LYNAS

Australian miner Lynas Rare Earth generates massive quantities of wastes contaminated with radioactive materials, toxic heavy metals and chemicals including residual rare earth minerals in the mix in Malaysia