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The federal government’s long awaited new aid and development policy offers a clear and galvanising vision of how Australia should deal with the complex issue.
The total amount of foreign aid, worth $4 billion this financial year, won't be up for discussion despite persistent criticism that Australia spends less as a proportion of national income than ...
Australia is already one of the least generous aid donors among the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, contributing just 0.18 percent of its Gross National ...
How does Australia fare in aid funding when compared to other developed nations? At 0.33% of GNI, Australia is ranked 16th in 2009 among 23 OECD nations.
Australia released a new International Development Policy last month and accepted all the recommendations of the Development Finance Review, which was released on the same day. These documents and the ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong has pledged to keep tariff-free access for Pacific Island goods, after Fiji was hit by a 32% U.S. tariff, in a speech positioning ...