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Introducing ActionAid Australia

We are pleased to announce to all our supporters and friends that Austcare has joined the ActionAid network as an affiliate.

We will be changing our name to ActionAid Australia on 1 June 2009.

As ActionAid, the impact of our work in both emergency relief and longer term development will be considerably strengthened. At the same time, we will bring our own expertise and experience in key areas such as protection and landmine action to the alliance.

If you have any questions about Austcare's transformation to ActionAid Australia, please call our supporter line on 1300 66 66 72

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Austcare joins ActionAid as affiliate

Austcare to change name to ActionAid Australia

Austcare has taken an important step in its transformation to ActionAid Australia by joining anti-poverty network ActionAid International as an affiliate member, effective immediately.

ActionAid International’s board voted unanimously to grant Austcare full affiliate status at a board meeting in Dublin on Saturday 4 April. As part of the affiliation, Austcare will change its name to ActionAid Australia on 1 June 2009.

Visit the ActionAid Australia website

Emergency in Pakistan

ActionAid on the ground

An estimated two and a half million people have fled Pakistan's northwest districts of Buner, Swat and Dir in recent weeks, due to heavy fighting between the army and the Taliban.

ActionAid is on the ground in Pakistan preparing vital supplies, such as food packs, medical kits and health care to give to thousands of vulnerable people. Women and children are the worst affected and will be a focus of our relief efforts.

More rights, less neo-liberalism

Why Australia needs to review its overseas aid approach

In this timely policy paper, economist Peter Zoller argues Australia needs a new approach to its overseas aid program in the wake of the global financial crisis. For too long, development assistance has focused on economic growth alone, without understanding the importance of political and social change in driving long term poverty reduction. Zoller is ActionAid Australia's liaison officer in Canberra.

Read Zoller's paper here [PDF]

The world needs a new take on development