Apr 11, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
AusAID and the Asian Development Bank have been co-funding a project to rehabilitate the railway lines since 2009. The project has been described as a defacto privatisation project for the benefit of an Australian-linked consortium, which includes Toll Holdings and a...
Apr 11, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
‘We welcome the suspension but the Asian Development Bank, the Government of Cambodia and AusAID must stop relocations and use this time to fully investigate the problems of resettlement with the project’ said Co-Director of AID/WATCH Liz...
Apr 4, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Tracking the Independent Review: Measuring up the MultilateralsThe Australian Government’s Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness recommended an assessment of the multilateral organisations that the Government funds as part of Australia’s aid program. In...
Mar 24, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
Listen to storyELIZABETH JACKSON: Australian company Toll has suspended its involvement in the running of trains in Cambodia for a year, potentially derailing a project that’s been partly funded by Australian taxpayers.Toll has a 30 year concession to run the...
Mar 15, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Negotiators in Rome have agreed on a proposed set of voluntary global guidelines on responsible governance of land tenure and access rights to land, fisheries and forest resources.The proposals will be sent to the UN’s committee on world food security for final...
Mar 13, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Usually careful to support the government’s position on Afghanistan, Senator David Johnston told the National Times he doesn’t believe ”anyone is critically analysing that civilian side of the (international) operation”.On Australia’s aid...