The lucrative awards provide elite students from poorer nations with a stipend of about $25,000 a year and also cover their university or college fees in Australia.But while the program’s aim is to reduce poverty, the Howard, Rudd and Gillard governments have...
The report, by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and the Foundation for Development Co-operation, was produced by a taskforce including former Howard government trade minister Mark Vaile, former Rudd government parliamentary secretary for international...
The Constitution of the Office of Chief Trade Adviser (OCTA) was the main point of contention at the Forum Trade officials meeting in Palau last week, with Australia calling for a delay in the establishment of OCTA as an independent legal entity.Despite OCTA’s...
THE STATESMAN MALCOLM FRASERAMID the backdrop of disasters in Australia and when foreign aid is under scrutiny some who maintain ‘charity begins at home’ may suggest that aid does more harm than good. My own experience has overwhelmingly convinced me that...
And the $37m that was spent directly on such projects included more than $6m used to build and maintain patrol bases and other military and security facilities used by the Afghan forces or shared with them.The remaining $215m has been spent on ‘the net...
This year the Australian Government will spend $4.3 billion in aid – and by 2015-16 this is expected to double to over $8 billion. Australia’s aid program can make a huge difference to the lives of millions of people.Unfortunately, the aid program...
