Aug 27, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS, PUBLICATIONS
The Hon. Dr. Craig Emerson Minister for Trade Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 Dear Dr. Emerson,Our organisations are concerned about the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement (TPPA) being negotiated with the US, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Brunei, Singapore,...
Aug 13, 2012 | EVENTS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
Book tickets here nowAID/WATCH the story so far…Twenty years ago, AID/WATCH was formed in a living room in Sydney by a handful of activists concerned that Australia’s overseas aid money was making life harder for the very people it was supposed to...
Jul 17, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
17th July 2012 Troubled Australian aid project to restart in Cambodia: AusAID dodging transparency AID/WATCH condemns the restarting of the troubled Cambodian Railways Project just months after Toll Royal Railways suspended it, without any...
Jul 16, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
In February AID/WATCH released a report on the Cambodian Railways Project that detailed these problems including a botched resettlement process that had put families in danger and landed many others in debt. Civil society organizations that had raised issues with the...
Jul 16, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
The recent failure of the Rio+20 conference to agree on a real and just framework to reverse the environmental crises we face was the latest in a series of unsuccessful UN conferences, including the yearly international climate talks. Nnimmo Bassey, chair of Friends...
Jul 1, 2012 | EVENTS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
Are we making a difference?The successes and challenges of international aidThe world’s poorest face a constant battle to survive. They have inadequate access to health, education and other services. They face problems of hunger, malnutrition and disease. They...
