When Boris Johnson announced the integration of the Department for International Development (DFID) into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) he was following a well-worn path. In the last d...
https://devpolicy.org/dfids-integration-lessons-from-australia-and-new-zealand-20200626-2/
The 2020 Mitchell Humanitarian Award was presented to Mark Sullivan and John Reeder in a ceremony at The National Museum of Australia on Tuesday night. The award recognised their contribution, de...
For those who can’t make it to Canberra for the 2020 Australasian AID Conference, or can’t make it away from their desks, all sessions in the Molonglo Theatre will be livestreamed on Tuesday ...
In a year of historic visits, historic spats, ongoing China drama in the media, and big political change in PNG, it’s no wonder that our year on the blog has been dominated by the growing hunge...
The 2019 Mitchell Humanitarian Award was awarded to Elizabeth Reid in a ceremony at The Australian National University on Tuesday night (19 February), recognising her career contributions to wo...
https://devpolicy.org/2019-mitchell-humanitarian-award-elizabeth-reid-20190220/
If you weren’t able to join us in Canberra on 19-20 February for the 2019 Australasian Aid Conference, watch it online – all sessions in Molonglo Theatre were livestreamed, via ANU TV. Strea...
https://devpolicy.org/2019-australasian-aid-conference-livestream-schedule20190216/
For the estimated 1.7 million Pacific islanders living with a disability, services on the ground are thin. The latest story in our Aid Profiles series looks at the work of Kylie Mines and Motivat...
https://devpolicy.org/kylie-mines-and-motivation-australia-change-in-motion-20190114-2/
2018 has been a year where the Pacific has been in the spotlight like no other time in recent memory: the Australian Government made a number of important announcements in relation to the backpac...
Scott Morrison has broken his Prime Ministerial silence on aid this week, in an ‘exclusive’ interview with the Daily Telegraph and a significant speech on the Pacific. On Wednesday, Morrison ...
https://devpolicy.org/will-scomos-pacific-step-up-be-an-aid-budget-step-back-20181109/
DFAT is currently carrying out a review into soft power in Australia’s foreign policy. Aid and development policy, used to general neglect in wider foreign policy circles, tends to be a soft po...
https://devpolicy.org/aid-and-soft-power-handle-with-care-20181106/