Jan 8, 2017 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PUBLICATIONS
Since the election of a conservative Government in late 2013 the Australian aid program has been radically transformed. Under the Government’s ‘new aid paradigm’ it is difficult to recognise aid as having a meaningful development mandate beyond promoting the private...
Apr 15, 2016 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
A Publish What You Fund report on aid transparency has ranked Australia 25 out of 46 major aid donors in meeting transparency standards agreed to at the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan in 2011, scoring less than 50% on the index. The report...
Nov 19, 2015 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Originally published in New Matilda on 18 November 2015. https://newmatilda.com/2015/11/18/worried-about-the-tpp-australia-is-pushing-another-bad-deal/. By Thulsi Narayanasamy. Despite receiving little attention in Australia, efforts to establish a new regional...
Nov 7, 2015 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
Originally published in New Matilda on 6 November 2015. https://newmatilda.com/2015/11/06/we-took-part-in-an-australian-aid-program-it-was-more-about-helping-your-country-than-ours/ By Aminio David and Anita Tenkon. Advocates for traditional landowners in Vanuatu,...
May 12, 2015 | CAMPAIGNS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
MEDIA RELEASE 12 May 2015 SYDNEY: Australian independent aid monitor, AID/WATCH, has announced they are pleased to see that there are no further budget cuts to foreign aid. They are using this as a chance to call for greater scrutiny from both the Opposition...
May 5, 2015 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Originally published by SBS News By Stephanie Anderson 5 May 2015 http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/05/05/maintaining-foreign-aid-moral-obligation-ngos-say-ahead-cuts Aid organisations are calling on the Abbott Government to “stick to its moral...
