Australia to cut foreign aid by 400-million

أوردت صحف Fairfax أن حكومة الائتلاف تنوي تخفيض المساعدات الخارجية بقيمة 400 مليون دولار ضمن الميزانية الفدرالية التي سيعلن عنها في أيار مايو القادم.

Budget raid on Australia's foreign aid

Source: AAP

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann won't comment on reports the Turnbull government is considering foreign aid cuts in the May budget.

Fairfax Media is reporting the coalition is considering a 400-million dollar a year cut to the overseas aid budget.

When asked by reporters in Canberra on Thursday whether the report was true, Senator Cormann was poker faced*.

Greens leader Richard Di Natale has told Sky News the proposed cuts are mean.

 

 


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