Anne McEwen (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Gallacher, I move:

That the following matter be referred to the Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee for inquiry and report by 26 November 2015:

The delivery and effectiveness of Australia's bilateral aid program in Papua New Guinea (PNG), with particular reference to:

(a) the political, economic and social objectives of Australia's aid;

(b) the role of multilateral and regional organisations, non-government organisations, Australian civil society and other donors;

(c) scope for increasing private sector involvement in sustainable economic growth and reducing poverty;

(d) scope for expanding private sector partnerships in leveraging private sector investment and domestic finance;

(e) improving PNG's progress towards internationally recognised development goals;

(f) supporting inclusive development by investing in good governance, health and education, law and justice and women's empowerment;

(g) establishing realistic performance benchmarks to assess aid outcomes against set targets and to improve accountability; and

(h) the extent to which development outcomes in PNG can be improved by learning from successful aid programs in other countries.

Question agreed to.