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Australian Aid Budget (Question No. 245)

Tuesday, 4 February 2020 House of Representatives

Pat Conroy

Pat Conroy Shortland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs on 25 November 2019:

To ask the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs—Further to the Minster's answer to question in writing No. 141 (House Hansard, 17 October 2019, page 108), how much of the $300 million that the Government is spending over four years to 2020 to deliver climate and disaster resilient low carbon growth in the Pacific region was spent in 2018-19.

Scott Morrison

Scott Morrison Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

The Minister for Foreign Affairs has provided the following answer to the honourable Member's question is as follows:

Of the commitment to spend $300 million over four years in climate and disaster resilience support in the Pacific, $101.7 million was spent in the 2018-19 financial year.