May 16, 2013 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Article originally appeared in Crikey. By Gareth Bryant The federal budget shows the foreign aid program is increasingly being used as a slush fund to pay for the government’s political priorities and pet schemes — from sending asylum seekers back home to managing...
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...
Apr 26, 2013 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
According to its website, Irish Aid delivers results for poor people and provides value for money. So where does hiring a limousine for Jeff Sachs, the US economist famed for his work on the impact of globalisation on developing countries, fit into the equation? Irish...
Apr 23, 2013 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Last week The National – one of Papua New Guinea’s major newspapers – featured a full page advertisement attacking the AusAID-funded legal adviser to Bougainville, Anthony Regan, who is also a fellow at the Australian National University.Written by...
Apr 7, 2013 | EVENTS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
This will provide an opportunity to foster a more critical understanding of the impacts and assumptions of development and inequality and the role Australia plays. Each month speakers discuss a topical issue related to aid and development, and the broader global...
Apr 1, 2013 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
AusAID has recently suspended its scholarships program in Afghanistan, pending investigation of fraud allegations in the program. GRM International, one of the largest private managing contractors in the world, was stripped of its management of the program, and the...
