ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE – AUSTRALIA

Liberal backbenchers urge Coalition not to raid foreign aid budget to pay for rumoured $15bn defence boost

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Original article by Henry Belot
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 25-Mar-25

Recent media reports suggested that the Coalition may be open to increasing defence expenditure by at least $15bn a year if it wins the federal election. Some Liberal MPs have expressed concern that funding may be redirected from foreign aid to boost defence spending. A Liberal backbencher has warned that China may step in to fill the funding void if Australia were to reduce foreign aid to its neigbours in the Pacific region. The UK government recently opted to reduce foreign aid in order to increase defence spending, while the Trump administration has paused foreign aid.

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LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA

Which Australian voters care most about helping the world’s poorest people?

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 28-Jul-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 27 per cent of Australian electors whose first federal voting preference is the Liberal-National Party say the Government should "increase overseas aid to help reduce global poverty". This compares with 53 per cent of Australian Labor Party voters and 75 per cent of Greens voters. The survey, which was carried out in the year to March 2015, also shows that L-NP voters are the least likely of major party voters to agree that "I have a responsibility to do what I can" to help the world’s poorest people (40 per cent), behind 47 per cent of electors whose first preference is the ALP and 62 per cent of those who prefer the Greens.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS