Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

The Australian overseas development assistance program remains focused on delivering high-quality results within the budget determined by the government. The government does not support a prescriptive time-bound aid target as a percentage of GNI. As I was saying—

Opposition senators interjecting—

Those opposite don't like to hear this, but I will go on. They were, when they were in government, the third largest recipient of their own aid budget. This meant 25 developing countries, including very small Pacific island states, had their assistance budgets cut. They cut the emergency humanitarian assistance fund by $30 million. But let me go back to the last federal election. They promised to increase the aid budget by— (Time expired)