Mar 6, 2015 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Aid watchdog calls for Australian support for PNG anti-corruption measures MEDIA RELEASE EMBARGOED 6am, 5 March 2015 Australia spends $577 million a year on aid to Papua New Guinea (PNG). Two key...
Mar 4, 2015 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
Published from transcript of SBS World News Radio 3 March 2015 By Greg Dyett Aid organisations have launched a campaign against any further reductions to foreign aid in the May budget. Instead, they’re calling on the federal government to start rebuilding...
Jun 28, 2014 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PUBLICATIONS
An “overhaul” of Australia’s foreign aid program is largely not new, and fundamentally fails to address the difficult questions on how to make aid more effective. Aid analyst Thulsi Narayanasamy unpacks the policy.
Jun 18, 2014 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
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...
Feb 14, 2014 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
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...
Nov 29, 2013 | ALTERNATIVES TO GREEN EXTRACTIVISM, CAMPAIGNS, IN THE NEWS, STOP LYNAS
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...
