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Australia handed out millions in aid contracts to company accused of bribery

Jul 13, 2018

Sinclair Knight Merz, a donor to both Labor and Liberal parties, won contracts worth $489m for Asia-Pacific projects. AID/WATCH states that the corporatisation of aid has made it more difficult to ensure accountability for private companies administering aid

GRAUN NA GUTPELA SINDAUN LONG PAPUA NUIGINI

Oct 15, 2017

AidWatch’s new publication GRAUN NA GUTPELA SINDAUN LONG PAPUA NUIGINI is a shortened and adapted version of Australian academic Tim Anderson’s Land & Livelihoods in Papua New Guinea book. Translated in Tok Pisin for Papua New Guinean communities the...

AUSTRALIA’S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE AGE OF TRUMP

Apr 18, 2017

Since the presidential election, the eyes of the world have been on the White House … particularly troubling are the global implications – how well will the US Eagle relate to the Dragon, not to mention the Bear. Are we now in a new volatile and a...

AS AMBASSADORS GATHER, ITS TIME TO RETHINK

Apr 5, 2017

It’s time to remember just what the existing foreign policy has delivered. Since the 2003 White Paper, Advancing the National Interest, Australia has routinely undermined global norms. We have been at the forefront of breaking global commitments on military...

PUBLIC DEBATE KEPT TO THE MARGINS

Apr 5, 2017

Australia’s ambassadors are meeting behind closed doors in Canberra this week, to discuss the Government’s proposed new direction on foreign policy. While paying more than a $1 million on talking to their ambassadors. There have been two months of by-invitation DFAT...

AID/WATCH Submission to the DFAT White Paper Consultation, 2017

Mar 6, 2017

DOWNLOAD SUBMISSION James Goodman (Chair) Aidwatch welcomes the opportunity to participate in consultations regarding the proposed new White Paper for Australian Foreign Policy. AID/WATCH is an independent watchdog that campaigns against the use of Australia’s aid...