Video Information


Below: a September, 2013, ABC Asia-Pacific Focus interview with Dr Jimmie Rogers, Director-General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.




Below: an ABC news "fact check" on comments by World Vision Australia CEO Tim Costello.




Below: A Septmber 2013 ABC interview with ANU international relations academic, Professor Michael Wesley, in which foreign aid is discussed, along with both political parties' attitudes to international relations generally.




Below: A Sunrise segment from June 2012, featuring comments on the then-Labor government's foreign aid policies. The interviewees include Tim Costello, Peter Singer, and the Institute of Public Affairs' James Patterson, answering questions such as, how does Australia stack up against the rest of the world when it comes to giving? .




Below: a 2013 Global Poverty Project advertisement aimed at maintaining and expanding Australian foreign aid. This video was released in the 2013 election run-up."









Web links, documents


On October 1, 2013, The Canberra Times published an opinion piece by Robin Davies, the associate director of the Development Policy Centre in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University.
The piece is titled 'Bending AusAID or breaking it?' The piece argues that the changes that the new government is making will damage Australia's foreign aid efforts.
The full text of this comment can be accessed at http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/bending-ausaid-or-breaking-it-20130929-2um04.html

On September 20, 2013, The Conversation published a comment by Geoff Gallop,
Director, Graduate School of Government at University of Sydney, titled 'Why is Australian foreign aid so important?' which attempts to explain why giving foreign aid is to Australia's long-term economic advantage.
The full text of this article can be found at http://theconversation.com/why-is-australian-foreign-aid-so-important-18428

On September 18, 2013, the Prime Minister's Office issued a press released titled 'The Coalition will restore strong, stable and accountable government'. One of the announcements made in this release was that AusAID will be 'integrated into the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, enabling the aid and diplomatic arms of Australia's international policy agenda to be more closely aligned.' The full text of this announcement can be accessed at http://www.scribd.com/doc/169037461/13-09-18-The-Coalition-will-restore-strong-stable-and-accountable-government-pdf

On September 12, 2013, the ABC opinion site The Drum posted a comment by Joe McKenzie is an editor of the University of Technology Sydney's student magazine, Vertigo.
The comment is titled 'Australia should fund foreign aid. Here's why'. The comment argues against the reduction in foreign aid being proposed by the new Australian government.
The full text can be accessed at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-12/mckenzie-australia27s-aid-budget/4951302

On September 10, 2013, The Conversation published a comment by Andrew Rosser, the Associate Director of the Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre at the University of Adelaide. The piece is titled 'What does a Coalition government mean for Australian aid policy?' The comment considers the possible implications of the decisions already taken by the new Australian government.
The full text of this article can be accessed at http://theconversation.com/what-does-a-coalition-government-mean-for-australian-aid-policy-17947

On September 6, 2013, ABC News ran a report titled 'Australian Coalition's foreign aid cuts slammed' The report surveys the range of foreign policy and internal aide experts who have criticised the Coalition's reduction in anticipated levels of foreign aid.
The full text of this item can be found at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-06/an-coalition-aid-cuts-reax/4940604

On August 26, 2013, SBS ran a background piece analysing Australia's foreign aid policy and suggesting both that funding should be increased and that how we manage that aid could be improved if we looked more closely at how India and China deliver foreign aid.
The full text of this item can be found at http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2012/07/06/australias-foreign-aid-money-well-spent

On August 19, 2013, The Interpreter ran an interview with the shadow foreign minister, Julie Bishop. The piece presents Bishop's view on the advantages of the Coalition's foreign aid and foreign policy directions.
The full text of this article can be accessed at http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2013/08/19/Why-the-Coalition-is-the-best-choice-on-foreign-aid-and-trade-policy-at-this-election.aspx

On December 20, 2012, ProBono Australia published an article titled 'Australia Most Generous Country - World Giving Index' which reports on the high level of donations and gift giving that is demonstrated by Australians.
The full text of this article can be accessed at http://www.probonoaustralia.com.au/news/2012/12/australia-most-generous-country-world-giving-index#

On May 23, 2011, The Conversation published a comment by Harry Minas, the Director, Centre for International Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne. The piece is titled 'Australia's aid funding: does our performance match our promises?' and argues that relative to our prosperity and the commitments we have made Australia gives less foreign aid than might reasonably be expected of it.
The full text of this article can be accessed at http://theconversation.com/australias-aid-funding-does-our-performance-match-our-promises-1391