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ACNC To Assess Risk of Terrorism Financing by NFPs

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 15th November 2016 - The charity regulator is working with two national finance agencies to assess the risk of money laundering and terrorism financing facing the not-for-profit sector in Australia.…

Coalition Increases Humanitarian Aid to Iraq

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 20th July 2016 - The federal government is to provide an additional $15 million in humanitarian aid to Iraq, Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop has revealed on the eve of a visit to Washington to…

Parties Fudge Timetable for Rise in Foreign Aid

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 22nd June 2016 - The peak body for Australia’s foreign aid agencies says it is disappointed that the major political parties won’t commit to a definite timetable to reach their aid funding policy…

Greens Aid Plan will Increase Foreign Funding

Eisha Gupta , Tuesday, 14th June 2016 - The Greens have pledged to increase Australia’s overseas aid to the tune of nearly $8 billion, in a move welcomed by the country’s peak body for aid and development. According to a party…

Labor Pledge to Reverse Foreign Aid Budget

Lina Caneva, Sunday, 22nd May 2016 - A federal Labor pledge to reverse the Turnbull government’s $224m cut to the international aid and development budget has drawn support from Australian humanitarian relief and…

Foreign Aid Groups to Fight Like Political Parties

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 17th May 2016 - The foreign aid and development sector has launched its “fight back” campaign for the federal election, using emotionally evocative and cutting-edge tactics favoured by the major…

Budget 2016: Foreign Aid Cuts a ‘Damning Indictment’ on Government

Eisha Gupta , Wednesday, 4th May 2016 - Treasurer Scott Morrison’s proposed further cuts to the foreign aid budget have been roundly criticised by Not for Profits across the board, claiming it will put lives at risk.…

Peak Body Calls for Reversal Of Cuts From Aid Budget

Eisha Gupta , Tuesday, 26th April 2016 - The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) has called on the federal government to reverse proposed cuts to the aid and development budget. The move comes on the…

Foreign Ministers’ Record on Foreign Aid Revealed

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 24th September 2015 - New research reveals that Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has presided over the greatest decline in foreign aid in Australia’s history. The new report called Charity ends at…

Australia’s New Aid Paradigm

Ellie Cooper, Tuesday, 1st September 2015 - A peak body for Australian aid organisations has welcomed the release of a new Government strategy aimed at engaging the private sector in aid and development which it says coincides…

Funding Dilemma for Aussie Aid Agencies

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 16th July 2015 - Australian humanitarian aid organisations affected by Government cutbacks are being forced to appeal to other foreign donor countries to carry on aid projects in Africa. A major…

Record Cut to Australia’s Foreign Aid

Xavier Smerdon, Wednesday, 13th May 2015 - The Abbott Government has delivered the biggest single-year cut to foreign aid in Australia’s history, a move that Not for Profits claim will hurt our international reputation.…

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