Australia stands firm behind its foreign aid in the budget, but the future remains precarious
- Written by Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
This week’s budget will come as a relief to Australia’s neighbours in the Indo-Pacific that rely on development assistance. The Albanese government did not follow the lead of US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in cutting its foreign aid.
The Trump administration froze foreign assistance and dismantled the US...
