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Media Release
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Morally wrong and strategically short-sighted aid budget disappoints
09 May, 2018
With better than expected revenues the government has squandered the perfect opportunity to repair the beleaguered aid budget and instead delivered a blueprint that is “morally wrong and...
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Government keeps its ‘foot on the throat’ of the aid budget
08 May, 2018
The Federal Government has kept its ‘foot on the throat’ of the Australian aid budget, despite its improved revenue, concerns about China’s rising influence in the region and contrasting with the...
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Aid to Pacific: We should reach into our own pockets before our friends’
16 Apr, 2018
Commenting on reports [1] that the Australian... [1] https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/government-calls-on-britain-to-raise-effort-in-the-pacific-amid-china-push-20180415-p4z9qk.html
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Australia sinks in aid rankings amid signs of growing Chinese influence in Pacific
10 Apr, 2018
Australia has dropped two places to 19th as an aid donor compared to its allies...
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Foreign Donations Bill is a Dud
09 Apr, 2018
“The Committee has tried to patch-up this broken Bill, but it’s beyond repair and needs to be replaced,” said Marc Purcell (CEO of the Australian Council for International Development) in response...
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PM must reject deeply destabilising aid cuts
29 Mar, 2018
Commenting on reports that the Government is considering... [1] [1] https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-turnbull-government-is-mulling-more-cuts-to-overseas-aid-20180328-p4z6rn.html
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International allies call on Australia to lifts its game on aid
27 Mar, 2018
Responding to the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee's latest peer review of Australia’s offical aid program, CEO of the Australian Council for International Development, Marc Purcell, said:...
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Response to Australian Human Rights Council statement on violence in Myanmar
26 Mar, 2018
Responding to a statement to the United Nation Human Rights... [1] [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/26/australia-condemns-myanmar-violence-and-says-offenders-must-be-held-to-account
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Time for Australian solidarity on the Sustainable Development Goals to avoid harmful legacy
13 Mar, 2018
Leaders of a national summit being held in Melbourne today have called for collective action on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to avoid a legacy of inequality and environmental...
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Australian response to sexual misconduct reports in the international development sector
01 Mar, 2018
ACFID has issued a further update on the response to reports of sexual misconduct in the international development sector. CEO of the Australian Council for International Development, Marc...