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<p class=PreformattedText><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AID/WATCH
E-Bulletin Tuesday March 25<sup>th</sup> 2008 <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_item=2"><span
style='color:windowtext'>EVENT: Voices from Bangladesh: Climate Change and
Development Speaking Tour</span></a></span></b><b><u><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01148&display_item=2"><span
style='color:windowtext'>ACTION: Letter Writing Appeal to Support the People
of Phulbari, Bangladesh in opposing the Phulbari Coal Project</span></a></span></b><b><u><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><b><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01146&display_item=2"><span
style='color:windowtext'>NEWS: Pacific free trade on horizon</span></a></span></b><b><u><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></li>
</ol>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01142&display_item=2"><span
style='color:windowtext'>ARTICLE: Aid is increasing, but can we spend it well?</span></a></span></b><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span
style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Donate to AID/WATCH</span></u></b><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:36.0pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><b><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_item=2"><span
style='color:windowtext'>EVENT: Voices from Bangladesh: Climate Change and
Development Speaking Tour</span></a></span></b><b><u><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></li>
</ol>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt'><b><u><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AID/WATCH
is very excited to be hosting a Climate Change and Development speaking tour of
Bangladeshi activists during May 12-22nd. The tour will visit Sydney,
Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Katoomba and the Hunter Valley. Stay tuned for
venues and times which will be announced shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please
click this link for more information:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_item=2">http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01147&display_item=2</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ACTION: Letter
Writing Appeal to Support the People of Phulbari, Bangladesh in opposing the
Phulbari Coal Project<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:18.0pt'><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p><span
style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
proposed Phulbari Coal Project in Bangladesh is one of the most contentious and
ill-conceived development projects the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has ever
considered funding. AID/WATCH is asking you to write to Australia's Governor to
the ADB, Treasurer Wayne Swan and Australia’s ADB Executive Director Phil
Bowen and ask them to show leadership by opposing this project when it comes before
the ADB board on June 3, 2008.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Follow
this link to support this campaign:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01148&display_item=2">http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01148&display_item=2</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><u><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AID/WATCH in the
NEWS: Pacific free trade on horizon<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p><i><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tracy
Sutherland, </span></i><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'> Australian Financial Review<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Australia
will launch new free trade agreement negotiations with New Zealand and Pacific
countries in an attempt to boost economic development and political stability
among its regional neighbours. The government hopes that using trade to boost
the economies of island states will have the knock-on effect of boosting
political stability. However, aid experts have warned that Pacific countries
could be hurt by an FTA if they could not compete with their wealthy
neighbours.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To
read the full article go to: <a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01146&display_item=2">http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01146&display_item=2</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><b><span style='font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>ARTICLE: Aid is increasing, but can we spend it
well?<o:p></o:p></span></b></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:18.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AID/WATCH Co-director
Kate Wheen and Co-Director of Jubilee Australia Stephanie Lusby have thrown
their two cents into an online debate at the Lowy Institute on the question
"The Rudd Government is lifting aid to 0.5 per cent of GDP, but do we have
the capacity to spend it wisely?" <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Follow this
link to read their contribution: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01142&display_item=2">http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=1&display=aw01142&display_item=2</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-left:18.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-bottom:14.15pt'><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span></b><![endif]><b><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Donate to AID/WATCH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AID/WATCH
is a community-based organization and does not accept government or<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Click
this link to give to AID/WATCH today:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#666699'><a href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=6"><span
style='color:#666699'>http://www.aidwatch.org.au/index.php?current=6</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=PreformattedText style='margin-bottom:14.15pt'><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>AID/WATCH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Eve St., Erskinville, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>NSW,
2043, Australia</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Checked by AVG.<BR>
Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.0/1341 - Release Date: 24/03/2008 3:03 PM<BR>
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