May 11, 2010 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Aid to help developing countries adapt to climate changes is set at $119 million in 2010-11, and $159 million in 2011-12. This includes the bilateral International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative, $78.6 million 2010-11, and funds for multilateral institutions,...
Mar 15, 2010 | EVENTS, GENERAL NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Through its $54 million Pacific Land Program, the Australian aid agency, AusAID, continues to facilitate and support land tenure reforms that favour the commercialisation of land to attract foreign investment. Customary landowners – who constitute the vast...
Feb 8, 2010 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
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Oct 19, 2009 | GENERAL NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
“We are determined to take this case to the High Court to reclaim AID/WATCH’s charitable tax status”, said Dr James Goodman of the AID/WATCH Committee of Management. Last month the Full Federal Court confirmed that the Australian Tax Office (ATO)...
Oct 1, 2009 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
The decision could have serious implications for other not-for-profit groups that lobby government on policy issues.Aid/Watch monitors international development assistance to see if Australia’s aid spending is benefitting the poor or being used for other...
Sep 30, 2009 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
A bench of three judges, Susan Kenny, Margaret Stone, and Nye Perram last week said that the Administrative Appeals Tribunal had been wrong to overturn a decision of the Commissioner of Taxation to refuse to grant Aid/Watch charitable status. According to the Federal...
