Sep 24, 2013 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS
Article originally appeared in Crikey 24th September 2013 Tony Abbott is overhauling aid, cutting funding, merging AusAID with DFAT and reorienting spending. Aid expert Thulsi Narayanasamy looks into the changes and what they will mean. By Thulsi Narayanasamy The face...
Sep 18, 2013 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
MEDIA RELEASE (For immediate release) 18 September 2013 Aid/Watch condemns decision to subsume AusAID into DFAT Australian Aid watchdog AID/WATCH today, came out in condemnation of reports that the Abbott government will ‘absorb’...
Sep 13, 2013 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Interview appeared on ABC AM Program TONY EASTLEY: Aid groups are concerned about the direction of international development assistance under the Abbott Government. AID/WATCH is an independent aid watchdog. Peter Lloyd is speaking here to Matt Hilton, the chairman of...
Jul 25, 2013 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
In return for housing the boat-arriving asylum seekers and resettling those found to be refugees, PNG receives a package of much-needed assistance, that includes redeveloping its universities, a new hospital, upgrading roads, a new courts complex, and the deployment...
Jul 22, 2013 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, Peter O’Neill, boasted on Monday that he had achieved a ”realignment” of the country’s aid program from Australia as part of the recently negotiated agreement.Australia has spent billions of dollars in...
May 2, 2013 | CAMPAIGNS, EVENTS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
Join us on Monday 13 May at the Surry Hills Community Centre to discuss militarisation of aid.For more detail, see here.Aid Talks: The Politics of Development is a free, monthly discussion series hosted by Aid/Watch on issues of aid and development. This will provide...
