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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">AID/WATCH E-Bulletin Wednesday 29
July 2009 </SPAN></U></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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<P class=ecpreformattedtext
style="MARGIN: auto 0cm auto 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <B><U>TAKE
ACTION: Take the PACE out of PACER PLUS</U><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: auto 0cm; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2. <U>AID/WATCH
IN THE NEWS: Australian foreign aid to <st1:place w:st="on">East
Timor</st1:place> 'wasted'<o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></H1>
<P class=ecpreformattedtext
style="MARGIN: auto 0cm auto 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3. <U>AID/WATCH
in THE NEWS: Earth Matters</U> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=ecpreformattedtext
style="MARGIN: auto 0cm auto 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">4.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <B><U>EVENT:
Trade, workers’ rights and development</U></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecmsobodytext
style="MARGIN: 5pt 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">5.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <B><U>Donate to
AID/WATCH</U></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</SPAN></P>
<P class=ecpreformattedtext
style="MARGIN: auto 0cm auto 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">1.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <B><U>ACTION:
TAKE THE PACE OUT OF PACER PLUS</U></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecpreformattedtext style="MARGIN: auto 0cm"><st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Australia</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">’s Department of Foreign Affairs and
Trade (DFAT) is currently calling for submissions on PACER Plus.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PACER Plus is a proposed free trade
agreement between Australia, New Zealand and 14 Pacific Island countries, which
will cover trade in goods, services and investment. PACER Plus will have major
impacts on Pacific island economies and communities, including significant
losses in government revenue, undermining of public services, business closures
and job losses. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>The Australian government has
been 'bullying' Pacific governments to fast-track PACER Plus negotiations. This
push goes directly against requests by Pacific governments and civil society
organisations for national consultations and thorough research to determine
whether PACER Plus is in the interests of Pacific countries and
citizens<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://aidwatch.org.au/campaigns/take-action-take-the-pace-out-of-pacer-plus">Make
a submission<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"> </SPAN>now</A></SPAN></B><SPAN
lang=EN-AU style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> – Urge the Australian
government not to start negotiations on PACER Plus until national consultations
and thorough independent research has taken place in the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Pacific</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Island</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> countries. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To make a submission, see: <A
href="http://aidwatch.org.au/campaigns/take-action-take-the-pace-out-of-pacer-plus">http://aidwatch.org.au/campaigns/take-action-take-the-pace-out-of-pacer-plus</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For more information on PACER Plus
see: <A
href="http://www.aidwatch.org.au/publications/pacer-plus-resources">http://www.aidwatch.org.au/publications/pacer-plus-resources</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecpreformattedtext style="MARGIN: auto 0cm 14.15pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: auto 0cm; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2. <U>AID/WATCH IN
THE NEWS: Australian foreign aid to <st1:place w:st="on">East Timor</st1:place>
'wasted'<o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></H1>
<P class=ecpreformattedtext style="MARGIN: auto 0cm 14.15pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">ABC Radio Australia 29 July 09: The
spotlight is again on foreign aid from Australia after comments by East Timor's
president Jose Ramos Horta that foreign aid was being spent on East Timor but
not in East Timor. <BR><BR>It was only in April that the Australian prime
minister Kevin Rudd made similar claims about aid to <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Papua New
Guinea</st1:place></st1:country-region>, saying too much Australian aid was
being spent on consultants' fees.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecmsonormal style="MARGIN: auto 0cm"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To view the transcript and/or listen
to the segment, see: <A
href="http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/200907/s2639678.htm">http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/200907/s2639678.htm</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecpreformattedtext style="MARGIN: auto 0cm 14.15pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecmsoplaintext
style="MARGIN: auto 0cm auto 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">3.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <B><U>AID/WATCH
IN THE NEWS: Earth Matters</U></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecmsoplaintext style="MARGIN: auto 0cm"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The land ownership system in
<st1:place w:st="on">Melanesia</st1:place> is under threat. <B>Lara Daley of
Aid/Watch </B>and Lee Tan of the Australian Conservation Foundation explain what
this could mean for local people and the environment, and why “development”
isn’t always a straight forward thing<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecmsoplaintext style="MARGIN: auto 0cm"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To listen to the podcast, see: <A
href="http://podcast.3cr.org.au/pod/3CRCast-2009-07-26-91589.mp3">http://podcast.3cr.org.au/pod/3CRCast-2009-07-26-91589.mp3</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecmsoplaintext style="MARGIN: auto 0cm"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecpreformattedtext
style="MARGIN: auto 0cm auto 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt"><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">4.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
<B> <U>EVENT: Trade, workers’ rights and
development</U></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecpreformattedtext style="MARGIN: auto 0cm"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Union Aid Abroad – APHEDA, the
international solidarity aid arm of the ACTU, and the Australian Fair Trade and
Investment Network (AFTINET) invite you to a fringe event of the ALP National
Conference to discuss the links between trade, workers’ rights and development
for the world’s poorest. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
lang=EN-AU style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The event is open to all
and will be an opportunity to hear about what role trade and aid should play in
development. Speakers include: </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">The
Hon. Bob McMullan (Parliamentary Secretary or International Development
Assistance); Adam Wolfenden (AFTINET); and Peter Jennings (Union Aid Abroad –
APHEDA)</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-AU
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">When:
<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Friday 31st July 2009, 7:45 am - 8:45am<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -72pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Where:
<SPAN
style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</SPAN>Ground Floor Training Room, <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Unions</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">NSW</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><BR>377-<st1:address
w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">383 Sussex Street</st1:Street>, <st1:City
w:st="on">Sydney</st1:City></st1:address> (near the corner of Goulburn
St)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=ecmsonormal style="MARGIN: auto 0cm"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For more information see: <A
href="http://aftinet.org.au/cms/">http://aftinet.org.au/cms/</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">5.</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <B><U>Donate to
AID/WATCH</U></B><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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organisation and does not accept government or<SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d">
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independent monitor of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
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improve the effects of development on the planet and its people. Only through
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