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Lisa Cornish is a former Devex Senior Reporter based in Canberra, where she focuses on the Australian aid community. Lisa has worked with News Corp Australia as a data journalist and has been published throughout Australia in the Daily Telegraph in Melbourne, Herald Sun in Melbourne, Courier-Mail in Brisbane, and online through news.com.au. Lisa additionally consults with Australian government providing data analytics, reporting and visualization services.

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Australian aid
Australian aid
Australia overhauls its international aid policy, ups China competition
21 Aug 2023
Australia has overhauled its foreign aid policy for the first time in years to develop aid programs in consultation with country, development, and civil society partners.
Australian aid
Australian aid
Australia's new aid budget seeks to subvert China's Pacific dominance
11 May 2023
Despite a boost to development assistance, the country's contributions remain relatively low.
Australian Aid
Australian Aid
How Australia's newly boosted aid budget will be spent
26 Oct 2022
The country's new government promised a 2.5% annual increase in official development assistance — and now we have insight into where that money will go.
Australian Aid
Australian Aid
Australia welcomes new era for aid
24 May 2022
What could the election of the Labor Party for the first time in nearly a decade mean for Australia's aid program? Here's a look at what we know so far.
Australian aid
Australian aid
Australia's aid budget gets a lift despite looming election
29 Mar 2022
A security agreement between China and the Solomon Islands could explain some of the aid budget's focus.
COVID-19
COVID-19
'Tonga does not need a COVID disaster': The race to avoid a new crisis
27 Jan 2022
Humanitarian organizations have the dual challenge of ensuring that COVID-19 is not imported into the country inadvertently, and that the local partners on the ground are supported enough to ensure a quick recovery from the disaster.
Australian aid
Australian aid
Australian NGOs face existential shifts as laws change
15 Dec 2021
New legislation could mean advocacy groups face huge new hurdles to conducting their work.
Australian aid
Australian aid
As DFAT seeks business partners, officials give insight on the process
19 Nov 2021
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade held a supplier engagement conference this week. Devex was there to learn about the highlights of the day.
COVID-19
COVID-19
The world has lost 5 million lives from COVID-19
28 Oct 2021
It has been six months since 4 million deaths were recorded on July 7 and despite a slowing of growth, the virus continues to take advantage of gaps in the global response.
The State of Global Health Security
The State of Global Health Security
How the US spends on global health security
21 Jul 2021
What does the U.S. mean when it says it is investing in "health security"? Devex takes a look at the data.
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