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A FIT FOR THE FUTURE HUMANITARIAN AGENDA ACFID’s Humanitarian Reference Group (HRG) launched their policy report Fit for the Future: Priorities for Australia’s Humanitarian Action at the Australasian...

Over 120 Australian international development NGOs and members of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), have backed Pacific calls for Australia to cease thermal coal exports...

Executive Summary Human behaviour is largely dominated by quick, automatic and intuitive decision-making. The research found that members of the Australian community who send unrequested goods to...

Tim Watkin 12 Apr, 2019 As part of our Spotlight on Quality Principle 6, Tim Watkin, ACFID’s Head of Government Relations and Communications, shares his behind-the-scenes perspective on managing...

The context The number of countries experiencing armed conflict today is greater than at any time in the past 30 years. This comes at devastating human cost. In this decade alone, more than half a...

Over 120 Australian aid and development NGOs have united behind a new resolution at their annual conference to up-the-ante in campaigning to get #KidsOffNauru in the face of political stagnation. ...

On 28 September a powerful magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck Donggala District in Central Sulawesi, triggering a tsunami with waves up to 6 metres, devastating coastal areas including Palu City. There...

Index: ASA 05/8971/2018 30 August 2018 JOINT OPEN LETTER TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM LEADERS AND OBSERVERS IN THE CONTEXT OF AUSTRALIA’S ABUSIVE OFFSHORE REFUGEE PROCESSING POLICY We are writing to...

The Federal Government has kept its ‘foot on the throat’ of the Australian aid budget, despite its improved revenue, concerns about China’s rising influence in the region and contrasting with the...

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull along with Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Trade Minister Steven Ciobo have today launched Australia’s Foreign Affairs White Paper, outlining Australia’s foreign...

Members of Australia’s peak-body for aid and international development non-governmental organisations have called for “urgent humanitarian action” by the Australian Government to immediately cease...

ACFID has called for the Government to put stability first after the introduction of a stop-start aid budget which fails to match-up to the reality of global challenges, like climate change, food...

Commenting on the aid budget, following the lock-up at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, CEO of the Australian Council for International Development, Marc Purcell, said: “Off the back of...

Introduction The world’s wealthy countries and some emerging economies give aid to poorer countries in the name of economic development and to help overcome the problems they face. In most of the...

Summary of key points and recommendations Strategic Priority 1: Values-based diplomacy and Australia’s aid and development Key points 1. There is a set of resilient, Australian values that will...

In the wake of a UN report documenting atrocities against the Rohingya people, a coalition of civil society organisations are calling for the Australian Government to urgently pressure the Myanmar...

Joint Statement on Refugees We, as a coalition of organisations and community groups from around Australia, are writing to express our concern regarding the humanitarian crisis that Australia has...

Help, not heels and handbags in humanitarian crises A new report has found that more than 70 shipping containers packed with high heels, handbags, heavy blankets, canned food and other unrequested...

Introduction A duty of care As effective development organisations, NGO’s have a duty of care to ensure the safety of children involved in and impacted by their work, both here in Australia and...

Introduction As the peak body for Australian NGOs involved in international development and humanitarian action, ACFID is focused on ensuring that Australia is an effective global player for...