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Australia’s peak body for aid NGOs – the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) – has welcomed the Australian government’s decision to increase the Australian aid budget in 2022-23...

The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) has welcomed the Australian Government's commitment of AUD $100 million over five years to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness...

The Senate Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade References Committee has today released its interim report, as part of its ongoing inquiry into Australia’s Engagement in Afghanistan. The peak body for...

Every day, we bear witness to suffering and resilience. In Yemen, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, DRC, Honduras, Venezuela, Nigeria, Haiti, CAR, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Sudan and beyond...

25 Mar, 2021 The Australian Council for international Development (ACFID) is urging the Australian Government to accelerate its response to the escalating COVID-19 outbreak in Papua New Guinea (PNG). ...

The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) – the peak-body for Australian international development NGOs – has praised the Australian Government’s package of measures in response to...

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...