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DVD: Defending Melanesian Land + Sausi – village cooperation
12 Apr 10 Defending Melanesian Land is a short video in which Melanesian activists explain why indigenous land is important to people in the Pacific, and why they have formed a regional alliance (the...
View ArticleAID/WATCH in the News: More pressure on Australia's aid program
24 May 10Australia's government is under new pressure to do more about waste in the country's increasing foreign aid program, with a big focus on the use of highly paid consultants and private...
View ArticleAID/WATCH in the News: Foreign Aid Spending
26 May 10AID/WATCH Committee member, Dr James Goodman was one of the discussants on Radio National's Life Matters program on Australian aid. The focus is on the recently released Review of...
View ArticleAID/WATCH in the News: PNG Aid Money Wasted
29 May 10AID/WATCH’s Gary Lee comments on the findings of the Review of PNG-Australia Development Cooperation Treaty. Read more
View ArticleMoratorium needed on Pacific trade talks, warn Pacific Civil Society...
05 Aug 10Civil society groups from the Pacific including churches, trade unions, gender groups,indigenous rights groups and advocacy groups launched a statement calling for a moratorium on negotiations...
View ArticleAID/WATCH in the News: Australia to slash advisers on PNG aid
14 Oct 10Australia will sack more than a third of the advisers directing aid to Papua New Guinea in an attempt to eliminate waste in the nation's $457 million PNG assistance program.Read more
View ArticleAID/WATCH in the News: Australia to slash advisor numbers in PNG
15 Oct 10AID/WATCH campaigner, Gary Lee, comments on the recent announcement that Australia will slash the number of technical advisors to Papuap New Guinea. Read more
View ArticleAID/WATCH in the News: Australian aid watchdog calls for urgent debate on...
17 Oct 10An organisation that analyses the impact of Australian aid to the Pacific is calling for urgent debate on how the money’s spent.Read more
View ArticleMedia Release: Aid review delivers report – can it deliver the goods?
06 Jul 11The overseas aid monitoring group, AID/WATCH today has welcomed the government’s response to the Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness, but says that it falls short in a number of areas....
View ArticleAustralia Invented Pacific 'Boomerang Aid'
06 Sep 12China has been accused of playing games with aid in the Pacific - just like Australia. More transparency is needed to ensure foreign aid meets need, not self-interest, writes Greens Senator...
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