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Media Release
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Australians rule out boomerang aid
10 Dec, 2019
On the day the Australian Government begins the creation of a new international development policy, the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) has...
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Australia’s Development, Diplomacy and Defence leaders call for foreign policy re-think
09 Dec, 2019
ASIA PACIFIC 4D – The Asia Pacific Development, Diplomacy and Defence Dialogue has today released a ... [1] [1] https://acfid.asn.au/sites/site.acfid/files/Asia-Pacific%20Chairs%27%20Statement.pdf
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CIVICUS Records Rising Repression in Asia-Pacific
06 Dec, 2019
CIVICUS - the global alliance of civil society organisations and activists dedicated to strengthening citizen action and civil society - has released its latest report: ...
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Comment on Australian Budget Support for Papua New Guinea
27 Nov, 2019
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) has commented on the ...
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ACFID Welcomes Publication of DFAT’s Climate Change Action Strategy
21 Nov, 2019
In a statement, the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) has welcomed the release of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s,...
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Welcome Signs of New Australian International Development Policy
19 Nov, 2019
The Australian Council for International Development – the peak body for Australian non-government organisations involved in international development and humanitarian action – has welcomed the Government’s intention to create a new Australian development cooperation policy.
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Veronica Koman Receives Sir Ronald Wilson Human Rights Award
23 Oct, 2019
The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) has awarded the Sir Ronald Wilson Human Rights Award to Indonesian lawyer and human rights defender Veronica Koman for her courageous...
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Australian Civil Society Stands with Pacific Leaders on Climate Change
23 Oct, 2019
Over 120 Australian international development NGOs and members of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), have backed Pacific calls for Australia to cease thermal coal...
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NGOs Sound Alarm on Growing Regional Repression
23 Oct, 2019
Australia’s international development NGOs have united to sound the alarm on the growing repression of peoples’ rights and freedoms in Australia’s region and have called for Australian foreign...
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Right on our doorstep, yet worlds away. Matt Wade and Louise Kennerley’s coverage of the PNG Health Crisis for Fairfax Wins ACFID Media Award
23 Oct, 2019
Matt Wade, Senior Economics Writer at the Sydney Morning Herald and photo-journalist Louise Kennerley, have won the Australian Council for International Development’s (ACFID) 2019 media award for...