FED:Govt must increase Pakistan aid: Brown

AAP General News (Australia)
08-13-2010
FED:Govt must increase Pakistan aid: Brown

The Greens want to boost foreign aid by about $2.8 billion a year.

Australia is spending $4.3 billion on aid this year or 0.33 per cent of national income.

Both major parties have agreed to boost aid spending to 0.5 per cent by 2016 but the
Greens want to go further.

They also want to create a centre in Australia to coordinate responses to natural disasters
such as tsunamis and floods in the region.

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