[Aidwatch] Event: Trade and its implications on health and development in the Pacific, 21 July

[AID/WATCH E-Bulletin]

 AID/WATCH E-Bulletin 15 July 2010
1.   Event: Trade and its impacts on health and development in the Pacific

2.   New: AID/WATCH newsletter   

3.   AID/WATCH in the News: Australian aid money being 'wasted'

4.   AID/WATCH in the News: High Court case

5.   Event: Muckaty Traditional Owners speak out against the nuclear waste dump

6.   Donate to AID/WATCH 

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1.      Event: Trade and its impact on health and development in the Pacific 

Come to this seminar to learn more about PACER-Plus and what you can do to make sure Australian trade policy does not undermine sustainable development and the right to health in the Pacific.

When: Wednesday, 21 July 2010

One Day Forum: 9am-5pm (For researchers and advocates)

Evening Session: 6 pm -7 pm (For anyone interested in learning more about the issue) 

Venue: LT024, New Law Building, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney

RSVP: Email mchp at med.usyd.edu.au 

 

For more information about the event click here

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2.   New: AID/WATCH newsletter
The latest edition of AID/WATCH newsletter explores climate justice - from civil society actions and events at Copenhagen to a critique of the use of Australian aid to create carbon offsets in Indonesia. 

 

Click here to view the newsletter 

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3.         AID/WATCH in the News: Aid money being 'wasted'

Towards the end of May, there was a lot of attention on the effectiveness of Australian aid. Click on links below for comments by AID/WATCH on the Australian aid program, including the recently released review of Australia's aid to PNG, which was critical of the fact the significant portion of Australian aid money was being spent on consultants and advisors with limited impact on reducing poverty. 

 

'More pressure on Australia's aid program', Radio Australia, 24 May 

'Foreign Aid Spending', Radio National - Life Matters, 26 May 

'PNG Aid Money Wasted', 2SER - Razor's Edge, 31 May 

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4.         AID/WATCH in the News: High Court case

 

On 15 and 16 June, AID/WATCH's case to restore its charity status was heard before the High Court. The decision will likely have widespread ramifications for the entire charitable sector. 

 

Click here for an article related to the case

Click on the dates for transcript of proceedings: 15 June and 16 June 

Click here for further background information 

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5.   Event: Muckaty Traditional Owners speak out against the nuclear waste dump

The Federal Government is planning to transport radioactive waste from the Sydney nuclear reactor and impose a dump at Muckaty Station, Northern Territory, without consent from the local community or those affected along the transport route. People from the Muckaty Land Trust are saying no to the nuclear waste dump.Speakers include: Muckaty Traditional Owners Dianne Stokes, Mark Chungaloo, Gladys Brown and Mark Lane, Human rights lawyer George Newhouse; Jim Casey, State Secretary of the Fire Brigade Employees' Union 

 

Where: Fire Brigade Employees' Union Building, 1-7 Belmore Street Surry Hills
When: Tuesday 27th July at 6:30pm 

RSVP and contact: yellowcakeroad at gmail.com

 

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6.    Donate to AID/WATCH

AID/WATCH is a community-based organisation 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 criticise or applaud with objectivity. Together with you we can achieve change without compromise.

Click this link to give to AID/WATCH today: http://www.aidwatch.org.au/donate

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