The future of Australian foreign aid

Australia’s Federal budget has maintained its foreign aid spending, unlike the USA and the UK, but the future remains precarious.

Evaluating foreign aid

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade should conduct more long-term evaluations of projects to ensure the effectiveness of its foreign aid program.

Foreign aid cuts are damaging our national interests

Given the geopolitical competition in our Pacific region, bolstering aid funding, rather than reducing it, would better serve Australia’s diplomatic, trade and security interests.

Don’t divert foreign aid spending to drought relief

Moving aid money to drought relief presents a simplistic and flawed solution that would diminish Australia’s influence in the Pacific region.

What’s it all about, Oxfam?

The scandal surrounding the exploitation of vulnerable local people by Oxfam workers has rocked the international development sector but activists and organisations alike should seize this opportunity to re-examine the future of foreign aid.