High Court decision a win for charities

Aid/Watch and Maurice Blackburn lawyers say the decision (Aid/Watch incorporate v Commissioner of Taxation 2010), has enormous implications not just for Aid/Watch but for any charity that seeks to influence government policy in the public interest.The four-year legal...

Forest project threatens Indonesian tribes

Kalimantan is part of Indonesia which is one of the world’s largest carbon emitters because of logging, forest fires and the drying out of peat swamps.During his recent trip to the country, US president Barack Obama promised $700 million for climate change and...

AID/WATCH IN THE NEWS: Aid groups pleased with spending review

The Federal Government has just announced the review saying it wants to make sure it’s getting the most out of every aid dollar. NGOs say that to do so it should consider decoupling AusAID from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.Meredith Griffiths...

AID/WATCH in the News: Major shake up of Australian aid agency, AusAID

The Australian government has announced it will phase out more than a third of its advisor positions in East Timor over the next two years. AusAID will cut 29 of its 82 advisor positions in East Timor. The move follows similar cuts for Papua New Guinea and is part of...