NSW Minerals Council’s misguided response to AID/WATCH protest

AID/WATCH and Friends of the Earth together argued that the RIO+20 summit had a real potential to chart a sustainable agenda for the next two decades but that this was being undermined by the approach of the Australian Government.Read the response from the NSW...

AID/WATCH in the news: ‘Planning Failures Derail Aid Project’

It also reveals that workers on the project endure unsafe working conditions without proper accommodation, clean water or hygienic toilets.The disruption is exposed in a report by the international consortium funding the $143 million project – Australia’s...

Foreign aid delay to save $2.9b

The decision, revealed in Tuesday night’s budget, will save the Government $2.9 billion over four years.The Government had committed to increases in the foreign aid budget so it would reach 0.5 per cent of gross national income (GNI) by 2015-16.But Foreign...

Australian aid to PNG training ‘private armies’

Dr Andrew Lattas has done extensive field in PNG says these links with Malaysian logging companies are undermining the legitimacy of the state and will lead to a general collapse in state structures.Presenter:Geraldine CouttsSpeaker:Dr Andrew Lattas, Department of...