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

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

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

Australia spent 10x more on defence than aid. Again. 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....
Challenging Power, Building Solidarity: AidWatch Annual Report

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

NOTICE OF AIDWATCH AGM 2025

NOTICE OF AIDWATCH AGM 2025

Jul 10, 2025 | EVENTS, IN THE NEWS

You are invited to the Aid/Watch 2025 Annual General Meeting. Make sure to RSVP

Green extractivism and the Australian energy transition

Green extractivism and the Australian energy transition

Oct 17, 2022 | ALTERNATIVES TO GREEN EXTRACTIVISM, IN THE NEWS, VIDEO

Scouring the globe, Australian corporations and investors are expanding into new territories, both domestically and internationally, for new sources of “critical and strategic” minerals for the “green energy transition” to a zero carbon world. These minerals include lithium, copper, nickel, rare earth, and cobalt.

Post Extractivism – What could life look like beyond the extractive economy?

Post Extractivism – What could life look like beyond the extractive economy?

Oct 17, 2022 | ALTERNATIVES TO GREEN EXTRACTIVISM, IN THE NEWS, VIDEO

A webinar on post-extractivism on how modern industrialised societies have been built on an extractivist culture and economy, and explore what our society and economy could look like if we shift to a regenerative, rather than an extractivist mode of operating.

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