Aid watchdog calls for Australian support for PNG anti-corruption measures

Aid watchdog calls for Australian support for PNG anti-corruption measures   MEDIA RELEASE                                                               EMBARGOED 6am, 5 March 2015 Australia spends $577 million a year on aid to Papua New Guinea (PNG). Two key...

Australian aid and trade watchdogs denounce Pacific Free Trade Agreement

MEDIA RELEASE Australian aid and trade watchdogs denounce Pacific Free Trade Agreement  For immediate release 23 July 2014  SYDNEY: Independent Australian organisations, the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTINET) and AID/WATCH, Australia’s aid monitor,...

Australian aid watchdog condemns new foreign aid paradigm

MEDIA RELEASE   Australian aid watchdog condemns new foreign aid paradigm   For immediate release 18/6/2014   Sydney: Aid/Watch has responded to the address of Foreign Minister Julie Bishop to the National Press Club where Ms Bishop reiterated a commitment to...

Call to eliminate corrupt and fraudulent land deals in Melanesia

Members of the Melanesian Indigenous Land Defence Alliance (MILDA) today issued a full statement and called for an immediate review of customary land administration in Melanesia to eliminate corrupt land dealings and fraudulent land practices. The group also draws...

Australian aid watchdog concerned about DFAT back-flip on aid to Grenada

MEDIA RELEASE 14 -2-14   Australian aid watchdog concerned about DFAT back-flip on aid to Grenada   AID/WATCH supports the Government of Grenada making a diplomatic protest on the reneging of Australian aid funding committed to rebuild a new parliament building on the...