Dec 4, 2013 | GENERAL NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
MEDIA RELEASE Australian aid watchdog outraged about allegations of AusAID involvement in spying For immediate release 4/12/2013 Sydney: AID/WATCH has responded to the allegation that Australian government agencies, including AusAID, were involved in spying on...
Jul 1, 2013 | GENERAL NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
MEDIA RELEASE (For immediate release) AidWatch congratulates Prime Minister Rudd on appointment of a Minister for International Development Australian Aid watchdog AID/WATCH today, came out in support of the appointment of a Minister...
Oct 16, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
“It is not the place of the Australian aid program to fund the corporate, social responsibility programs of Australian mining companies that have a moral, if not legal obligation to behave in a responsible manner,” said AID/WATCH Co-Director Liz Barrett.A...
Jul 17, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
17th July 2012 Troubled Australian aid project to restart in Cambodia: AusAID dodging transparency AID/WATCH condemns the restarting of the troubled Cambodian Railways Project just months after Toll Royal Railways suspended it, without any...
Jul 16, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
In February AID/WATCH released a report on the Cambodian Railways Project that detailed these problems including a botched resettlement process that had put families in danger and landed many others in debt. Civil society organizations that had raised issues with the...
Apr 11, 2012 | GENERAL NEWS, IN THE NEWS, MEDIA RELEASE, PAST CAMPAIGNS
‘We welcome the suspension but the Asian Development Bank, the Government of Cambodia and AusAID must stop relocations and use this time to fully investigate the problems of resettlement with the project’ said Co-Director of AID/WATCH Liz...