May 17, 2013 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Interview appears on Radio Australia NGOs question Australia’s Mining for Development Initiative Updated 17 May 2013, 4:21 AEST Questions are being asked about whether Australia’s $127 million dollar Mining for Development initiative helps Australian...
May 16, 2013 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Article originally appeared in Crikey. By Gareth Bryant The federal budget shows the foreign aid program is increasingly being used as a slush fund to pay for the government’s political priorities and pet schemes — from sending asylum seekers back home to managing...
May 2, 2013 | CAMPAIGNS, EVENTS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
Join us on Monday 13 May at the Surry Hills Community Centre to discuss militarisation of aid.For more detail, see here.Aid Talks: The Politics of Development is a free, monthly discussion series hosted by Aid/Watch on issues of aid and development. This will provide...
Apr 26, 2013 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
According to its website, Irish Aid delivers results for poor people and provides value for money. So where does hiring a limousine for Jeff Sachs, the US economist famed for his work on the impact of globalisation on developing countries, fit into the equation? Irish...
Apr 23, 2013 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, PAST CAMPAIGNS
Last week The National – one of Papua New Guinea’s major newspapers – featured a full page advertisement attacking the AusAID-funded legal adviser to Bougainville, Anthony Regan, who is also a fellow at the Australian National University.Written by...
Apr 7, 2013 | EVENTS, GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS
This will provide an opportunity to foster a more critical understanding of the impacts and assumptions of development and inequality and the role Australia plays. Each month speakers discuss a topical issue related to aid and development, and the broader global...
