In 2013, we conducted the first Australian aid stakeholder survey. 356 non-government and...
Category - Australian aid
Fortnightly links: awful aid reporting, development looking...
Australian aid has been on the receiving end of some awful ‘journalism’ of late. In...
The Australian aid fraud beat-up
People believe what they want to believe. So a front-page story in The Australian newspaper on...
Legitimate self-interest and the campaign for aid: an interview...
A widely respected theologian and commentator on faith and social issues, the Reverend Dr Joel...
Aid, abortion and fairy tales
Although I’m pro-choice, there are people I respect, from personal friends to the current...
Indigenous peoples in development policy and development in...
The recently-released DFAT Indigenous Peoples Strategy is to be welcomed. Indigenous peoples are...
Pulling our weight on refugees? Nope, nope, nope
Australia, readers of The Australian have learned, is well and truly ‘pulling its weight on...
Shifting in-line in Papua New Guinea
The PNG Prime Minister has released a plan to revamp Australian aid. In 2016, he says, “Papua New...
Rape allegations at Manus Island challenge Australia’s...
Recent reports (see here and here) about the hasty transfer of three Australian employees from the...
New poll on aid, charity and Australian voters
For those trying to stay abreast of what the Australian public thinks about international...