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Media Release
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Stop-start aid budget fails to match scale of global challenges
10 May, 2017
ACFID has called for the Government to put stability first after the introduction of a stop-start aid budget which fails to match-up to the reality of global challenges, like climate change, food...
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Aid Budget Bounces Along the Bottom
09 May, 2017
Commenting on the aid budget, following the lock-up at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, CEO of the Australian Council for International Development, Marc Purcell, said:...
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Aid budget carved up and siphoned off
08 May, 2017
Commenting on reports that the Coalition Government will divert foreign aid funds to security and intelligence agencies, CEO of the Australian Council for International Development, Marc Purcell,...
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A Budget for the Many, Not the Few
08 May, 2017
Commenting following the People’s Budget at Old Parliament House, Marc Purcell, CEO of the Australian Council for International Development said: “Instead of focusing on the top end of...
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$10m for critically under-resourced crisis in Yemen
24 Apr, 2017
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) has welcomed the Australian Government’s commitment of $10 million (AUD) to support the critically under-resourced humanitarian crisis...
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ACFID welcomes Australian assistance to Somalia and South Sudan
01 Mar, 2017
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) and its members have today welcomed news that the Australian Government has committed an additional $20m to Somalia and South Sudan for...
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ACFID welcomes Royal Commission examination of Government action to protect children detained offshore
21 Feb, 2017
ACFID CEO, Marc Purcell, responds to news that the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse will examine the response of the Commonwealth government to the...
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Australian Government must now consider joining calls for a UN Commission of Inquiry into human rights abuses in Myanmar
16 Feb, 2017
Following the news that the Senate has backed a motion without division inviting the Australian Government to consider calling for a UN Commission of Inquiry into human rights abuses in Myanmar,...
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Bishop counters US approach on sexual and reproductive health
15 Feb, 2017
Responding to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s announcement [1] of $9.5m over three years for its partnership with... [1] http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/Pages/2017/jb_mr_170215.aspx
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Increased public support for international aid shows resilience of Australian values
14 Feb, 2017
Faced with global trends of eroding trust and the politics of isolation, the latest statistics on Australia’s aid and development sector show growing public support for Australian NGOs working...