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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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ACFID Publishes First Annual Update on Prevention of Sexual Misconduct
05 Jul, 2019
In 2018, following ...
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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...