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9 April 2025

“Aligning” aid: which interests and whose?

by Cameron Hill and Nicola Nixon

RG Casey Building, Canberra (DFAT)

8 November 2023

Equipping Australia for development impact

by Heather Murphy

Kennedy Folasi works as a humanitarian warehouse store person, supplies are ready to be sent to countries affected by crisis.

30 August 2023

A ‘new’ development policy? Or did Australia just miss its moment?

by John Davidson and Soli Middleby

RG Casey Building in Barton Canberra

8 February 2023

A shot at the title: why DFAT should change its name

by Cameron Hill

3 June 2022

The Coalition and aid: a story of two halves

by Stephen Howes

DFAT building in Canberra (PDR/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

10 July 2020

The futility of aid integration

by Dmitry Grozoubinski and John Fowler

DFID's merger

30 June 2020

Can the UK avoid Australia’s integration errors?

by Richard Moore

DFAT building in Canberra (Credit: DFAT/Twitter)

26 June 2020

DFID’s integration: lessons from Australia and New Zealand

by Ashlee Betteridge, Stephen Howes and Terence Wood

Canada maple leaf (image: Flickr/Doug)

4 November 2015

Does merging improve aid efficiency?

by Rachael Calleja

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop inspects Australian aid supplies (image: Andrew Meares)

27 August 2015

The Australian aid fraud beat-up

by Richard Moore

Pallets for AusAid emergency aid supplies are prepared for delivery to cyclone ravaged Fiji (DFAT/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

12 March 2015

A virtual trip down memory lane: accessing AusAID’s old website

by Grant Walton

2 December 2014

A year in the life: Australia’s integrated aid administration

by Robin Davies

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