Steadying foreign aid budget signals the government takes development seriously
- Written by Melissa Conley Tyler, Honorary Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne
Mick Tsikas/AAPOn budget night in 2014, the Abbott government cut nearly $8 billion from Australia’s international development program, the largest-ever aid cuts. Programs in South-East Asia were cut by 30%. For a government obsessed with surplus, it was seen as a sort of political victimless crime. Yes, it would hurt foreigners, but they...
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