Does emphasising the benefits aid brings to Australia make Australians more positively disposed to...
Category - Australian aid
Vanuatu’s seasonal workers: where are they from?
In July 2018, the Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA), in collaboration with the Vanuatu Department...
Millions neglected and in need, but where is Australia’s...
At the start of this year, an estimated 13.1 million people were in need of humanitarian assistance...
The gender diplomacy trap and the security race
Manus Island in Papua New Guinea has again been cast into the international spotlight as the...
Downer’s unfortunate Pacific legacy
In his recent opinion piece on the Australian Financial Review, former Foreign Minister Alexander...
Achieving policy change through a market systems approach
Enhancing the business enabling environment is complex and, I would argue, requires a systems...
Australian aid to PNG
It takes 15 minutes in a tinny to cross from Australia to Papua New Guinea. Boigu Island in the...
Will ScoMo’s Pacific step up be an aid budget step back?
Scott Morrison has broken his Prime Ministerial silence on aid this week, in an ‘exclusive’...
Aid and soft power: handle with care
DFAT is currently carrying out a review into soft power in Australia’s foreign policy. Aid and...
More than a target; diversity as a development effectiveness...
Our aid program represents Australia to the world and, as such, it needs to embrace our nation’s...