Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The record debt and deficit that we inherited from Labor puts pressure on the aid budget. As Bob Carr said—it is not my wont to quote Bob Carr often—'You cannot run aid on borrowings.' That is the pressure the aid budget is under. If Labor has any concern about it, pass the $5 billion in savings.

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