[Aidwatch] AID/WATCH E-bulletin 30th April 2008

Wed Apr 30 16:54:11 PDT 2008

Hello Aidwatchers,

It’s a busy week at AID/WATCH with the Voices from Bangladesh Speaking Tour
fast approaching and some great exposure on the newly released RAMSI report.

I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the new AID/WATCH
aid campaigner and let you know I am most excited to become part of the
excellent work AID/WATCH does.

Lara Daley

Co-director

AID/WATCH E-Bulletin Wednesday April 30th 2008 

1.	HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_item
=2"EVENT: Voices from Bangladesh: Climate Change and Development Speaking
Tour

2.    ACTION: Say “ADIOS ADB” this Friday at 5.30pm Sydney!

3.    REPORT: The limits of RAMSI

4.    MEDIA: HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_item
=2"AID/WATCH in the news

5.    ARTICLE: When tax-free salaries count as aid

6.	EVENT: Jubilee Benefit
7.	POSITION VACANT: TERRA Campaigns Support Coordinator 

8.    GENERAL NOTICE: AID/WATCH AGM

9.    Donate to AID/WATCH

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1.	HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_item
=2"EVENT: Voices from Bangladesh: Climate Change and Development Speaking
Tour

AID/WATCH is pleased to be hosting a Climate Change and Development speaking
tour of Bangladeshi campaigner and academic, Prof. Anu Muhammad during May
12-22nd. The Sydney event is on the 12th of May, 6.30pm at the Sydney
Mechanics School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney. The tour will also visit
Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Katoomba and the Hunter Valley. 

For full tour information:

HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01170&display_item
=2"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01170&display_it
em=2

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2.    ACTION: Say “ADIOS ADB” This Friday 5.30pm, Sydney!

To coincide with the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) 41st Board of Governors
Annual Meeting in Madrid, Spain, AID/WATCH is staging a peaceful Spanish
themed theatrical action outside the ADB’s Pacific Liaison and Coordination
Office in the Sydney CDB. Come join us in calling for a halt to the ADB’s
funding of climate-intensive projects and to say “ADIOS ADB”!

When: 5.30pm this Friday the 2nd of May 

Where: 1 Margaret Street (Corner of Clarence and Margaret Streets) Sydney. 

Contact: Lara 0411 584 012

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3.    REPORT: The limits of RAMSI

After five years, much uncertainty remains in the Solomon Islands over the
future of RAMSI. As a security force it still enjoys broad support, but
there are serious local objections to its role and its semi-permanent nature
has brought new problems. In this report, Dr. Tim Anderson explores the
impact that RAMSI has had for Solomon Islanders and highlights the Limits of
RAMSI.

Follow this link to read the full report:

HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01164&display_item
=2"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01164&display_it
em=2

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4.	MEDIA: HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_item
=2"AID/WATCH in the news

AID/WATCH has received significant coverage this week across radio, print,
and web media on the newly released RAMSI report by Dr. Tim Anderson.
Coverage includes:

The Age, 28th April 2008

An Australian-led peace mission in the Solomon Islands has created a virtual
apartheid by driving up prices in the capital and should be wound down, an
...

To read the full article go to: 

HYPERLINK
"http://news.theage.com.au/ramsi-in-solomons-should-be-wound-down/20080428-2
91k.html"http://news.theage.com.au/ramsi-in-solomons-should-be-wound-down/20
080428-291k.html

ABC Radio National, The World Today

It has been keeping the peace in Solomon Islands since 2003, but the
Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission (RAMSI) may have...

Click this link to hear the full interview:

HYPERLINK
"http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/28/2229305.htm"http://www.abc.ne
t.au/news/stories/2008/04/28/2229305.htm

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5.    ARTICLE: When tax-free salaries count as aid

By Kate Wheen

Sydney Morning Herald, 27 March 2008

A major review of the three billion dollar Australian aid program, the first
of its kind ever conducted, was tabled in Parliament last Thursday at
4.30pm, one hour before most of Canberra departed for the four-day long
weekend. Kate Wheen explores the implications of this review for Australia’s
aid program.

To read the full article go to: HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01149&display_item
=2"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01149&display_it
em=2

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6.    EVENT: Jubilee Benefit

Jubilee Australia wants you and your crew at the Hopetoun Hotel in Surry
Hills on May 15th to dance your dissent against the continuing global
injustice of development debts. 

Join us on the eve of World Debt Day for a night of edgy Indie rock and be
part of the call to put an end to poor countries' forced neglect of their
citizens' health, education and quality of life in the name of paying back
dodgy loans to wealthy economies.

Bands include the Jezabels, current darlings of city's dingy underbelly,
Tokyo Blonde, Beau Monde - once described as a hybrid of the White Stripes
and No Doubt - and headline act The Shake Up who are crunching up the
airways daily on Triple J with their new single Home Ec.

Tickets $15 available on the door or online at Moshtix:

HYPERLINK
"http://www.moshtix.com.au/SearchResults.asp?FormAction=Search&Keywords=JUBI
L"http://www.moshtix.com.au/SearchResults.asp?FormAction=Search&Keywords=JUB
IL

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7.    POSITION VACANT: TERRA Campaigns Support Coordinator

Towards Ecological Recovery and Regional Alliance (TERRA), based in Bangkok,
is looking for international staff to help coordinate communications and
support campaigns and capacity-building activities. 

Go to the TERRA website for more details:

HYPERLINK "http://www.terraper.org/home.php"http://www.terraper.org/home.php

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8.    GENERAL NOTICE: AID/WATCH AGM

You are invited to join AID/WATCH for our Annual General Meeting for 2007.
The AGM will be a chance to hear about the year passed and to plan a bright
future for the organization. We would love to see you there.

Where: The AID/WATCH Office, 19 Eve St, Erskineville, 2043

When: Tuesday the 27th May

Time: 6pm

RSVP: 02 9557 8944 or email HYPERLINK
"mailto:aid at aidwatch.org.au"aid at aidwatch.org.au

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9.    Donate to AID/WATCH

AID/WATCH is a community-based organization and does not accept government
or

corporate funding. We need your help to continue our work as the independent
monitor of Australia's aid and trade and to improve the effects of
development on the planet and its people. Only through being financially
self-sufficient can we have the freedom to criticize or applaud with
objectivity. Together with you we can achieve change without compromise.

Click this link to give to AID/WATCH today:

HYPERLINK
"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=6"http://www.aidwatch.org.au/i
ndex.php?current=6

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