Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 30th March 2022 - Increasing the number of places for people fleeing from Afghanistan has been welcomed, but the budget has been labelled “a missed opportunity for fairness” with refugees and people…
Maggie Coggan, Thursday, 19th August 2021 - “This alliance will make it really easy for donors who want to help to make that decision and to act on that decision.” As the frequency and severity of large scale international disasters…
Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 12th May 2021 - After years of austerity, a pandemic and a recession, the 2021 federal budget has provided much-welcomed, and much-needed, investment in the care economy. But advocates warn many…
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 …
Maggie Coggan, Wednesday, 7th October 2020 - Australia’s foreign aid budget does not go far enough to address the threat to global progress on poverty that the pandemic poses, advocates say. A $305 million boost to help Pacific…
Maggie Coggan, Monday, 18th May 2020 - Overseas aid charities are scrambling to deliver programs amongst coronavirus chaosCoronavirus restrictions means delivering aid is far harder than it used to be. But aid agencies…
Maggie Coggan, Monday, 4th May 2020 - The organisation says it is struggling to stay afloat financially amid the outbreak of coronavirus The foreign aid sector has been hit by a tsunami of challenges, sector leaders…
Luke Michael, Monday, 8th July 2019 - Blockchain has been labelled the future of aid delivery after the technology was successfully used to provide cheaper, quicker and more transparent cash assistance to Vanuatu. …
Luke Michael, Monday, 13th May 2019 - Labor has promised to restore the nation’s foreign aid budget if it wins the upcoming election, but aid groups say the opposition’s pledged increases still fall short of what is needed…
Maggie Coggan, Friday, 12th April 2019 - Aid groups have labelled the nation’s latest development aid spend ranking as “shameful”, with Australia falling well behind prosperous countries such as Canada,…
Luke Michael, Monday, 8th April 2019 - Foreign aid groups believe there is finally some good news on the horizon after a bipartisan parliamentary report called for Australia’s aid budget to be boosted over the next decade.…
Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 3rd April 2019 - Australia’s humanitarian organisations have been left dismayed after Australian aid was cut for the sixth year in a row, despite the federal budget touting a forecast return…
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