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Trachoma eliminated in Vanuatu

Samantha Freestone, Monday, 15th August 2022 -  Vanuatu is the first Pacific island country to eliminate trachoma as a “public health problem”.  The world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, trachoma is no longer a “public…

Australia slips lower in foreign aid transparency ranking

Samantha Freestone, Monday, 18th July 2022 -  The international ranking of Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on global aid transparency has declined a third time.  Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs…

Australian foreign aid scrutiny bodies scrapped, at a cost

Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 10th February 2021 -  Foreign aid advocate says it’s never been more important to ensure scarce taxpayer money is spent for maximum impact  Foreign aid groups have been left stunned after discovering …

New impact fund to help Asia-Pacific’s COVID recovery

Luke Michael, Monday, 9th November 2020 -  The fund addresses a major financing gap for small and growing businesses in the region An Australian government-backed impact investment fund is set to support thousands of vulnerable…

UK issues sex ban for aid workers

Luke Michael, Friday, 30th October 2020 -  It comes after more than 50 women recently accused aid workers of demanding sex for jobs during the Congo Ebola outbreak  The UK is banning sexual relations between government staff…

A window to blended finance in the Indo-Pacific

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 21st November 2019 -  $3.5 million DFAT investment hopes to spark investor capital and meet development challenges A new $3.5 million initiative has been launched to help blended finance solutions get…

New Australian SDGs Website Set to Launch

Luke Michael, Tuesday, 5th June 2018 -  A new Australian-based Sustainable Development Goals website is set to be launched, as a platform to celebrate the work of Australian organisations and inspire further action.   …

Australia Called to ‘Lift its Game’ on Foreign Aid

Luke Michael, Thursday, 29th March 2018 -  A major peer review of Australia’s aid program has warned that successive cuts to the nation’s aid budget is impairing the effectiveness of its humanitarian efforts, leading to calls…

Solve-a-thon Tackles the Workforce of the Future

Wendy Williams, Friday, 7th July 2017 -  A new “Solve-a-thon” has been launched in a bid to harness the best and brightest ideas from around the world to help solve the issue of the future workforce. Foreign Minister Julie …

Solving the Workforce of the Future

Wendy Williams, Monday, 5th June 2017 -  The Atlassian Foundation has teamed up with DFAT and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to help disadvantaged youth learn the skills they need to prepare them for the workforce…

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