Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1993Vol. 63, No. 12

Aidwatch

p. 8 · Read in the full issue

Page 88

Australia

Aidwatch launched

A new independent Australian body, AIDWATCH, says more than US$4O million worth of Australian taxpayers’ money is being used by Papua New Guinea police to restrict civil liberties.

Speaking at the official launch of Aidwatch at Sydney’s parliament house, director Carol Sherman criticised an Australia aid program designed to strengthen and provide training to police in PNG. She says the money is instead being used by PNG police to ban political opposition and groups opposed to mining and logging developments.

Sherman says Australian money is going towards a police force that is alienated and totally distrusteed by the public.

Aidwatch has been set up to monitor the impact and effectiveness of Australian foreign aid projects.

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