Media Releases

Honouring women humanitarians this World Humanitarian Day

19 Aug, 2019

This World Humanitarian Day, the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) honours the contribution of women humanitarians and the life-saving and life-changing difference...

Australia must amplify not deny Pacific voices

14 Aug, 2019

The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) – the peak-body for international aid and development NGOs – is concerned ...

ACFID Publishes First Annual Update on Prevention of Sexual Misconduct

05 Jul, 2019

In 2018, following ...

Well-being of Pacific Islanders must be part and parcel of infrastructure ‘step-up’

04 Jun, 2019

The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) has welcomed the Australian Government’s engagement with the Pacific in the early days of office but has reiterated that achieving...

Labor Plan Strengthens International Development Spend in face of Growing Global Volatility

10 May, 2019

The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) – Australia’s peak-body for international development NGOs – has responded to the Labor party’s policy costings on international development spending.

Reset the Aid Program to Build Cooperation in Changing World Order

08 May, 2019

The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) has called for the next Australian Government to undertake an independent review of Australia’s aid program...

Joint statement on the Australian Government and the Sustainable Development Goals

04 Apr, 2019

In this joint statement we, as a group of organisations representing civil society, business...

Aid Cuts Signal Strategic Blackhole

02 Apr, 2019

The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) – the peak-body for international aid and development NGOs – is alarmed by the Government’s decision to continue to decrease the...

ACFID welcomes Greens' 2030 aid target and proposal to scrap arms-trade plan

29 Mar, 2019

The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) has welcomed the Australian Greens’ policy initiative to raise Australian development cooperation spending to 0.7% of Gross National...

Comment on Senate Committee report on Efic Bill

27 Mar, 2019

ACFID has responded to the news that the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee has...