Social Justice and Equity of Aid are major factors contributing to Australia's
aid efforts. With the new government in place and a new, controversial Budget
set in May for the next financial have stirred some issues involving our Aid efforts. As a part of our Internation Aid Treaty obligations we agreed to give 0.7% of our GDP (Gross Domestic Product) towards international Aid. Right now, we're sitting at around 0.4% showing that Australia's priorities are not in check, especially with their promises as a part of the International Aid Treaty. With this in mind the Abbott government have gone ahead and have slashed a massive $7.6 billion (AU) from the Foreign Aid budget. This has sent Aid groups in an angry uproar over the unfairness of this budget cut. This budget cut proves the social injustice and the diminuished equity of the developing countries in need of our assitance. This proves we are not aiding developing countries to the full extent that we can or that we are not helping reach international promises or helping eradicate poverty and economical injustices. With this being said, they have made increasesin aid to places they feel they can "help" the most, Papua New Guinea in return for hosting the Manus Island immigration processing centre. This shows an inequality to our Aid efforts as we are subjecting our aid to places we feel we can "help" most, when really it's due to it's direct benefits on Australia like the hosting of asylum seekers. This increase is doing little to benefit other areas like the Asia-Pacific. If Australia reduces its work in the Asia-Pacific, then it reduces its investment in stabilising the region and helping some of the world's most vulnerable people. Aid isn't about governmental benefit, its about those who are most vulnerable and Australia has forgotten this.
aid efforts. With the new government in place and a new, controversial Budget
set in May for the next financial have stirred some issues involving our Aid efforts. As a part of our Internation Aid Treaty obligations we agreed to give 0.7% of our GDP (Gross Domestic Product) towards international Aid. Right now, we're sitting at around 0.4% showing that Australia's priorities are not in check, especially with their promises as a part of the International Aid Treaty. With this in mind the Abbott government have gone ahead and have slashed a massive $7.6 billion (AU) from the Foreign Aid budget. This has sent Aid groups in an angry uproar over the unfairness of this budget cut. This budget cut proves the social injustice and the diminuished equity of the developing countries in need of our assitance. This proves we are not aiding developing countries to the full extent that we can or that we are not helping reach international promises or helping eradicate poverty and economical injustices. With this being said, they have made increasesin aid to places they feel they can "help" the most, Papua New Guinea in return for hosting the Manus Island immigration processing centre. This shows an inequality to our Aid efforts as we are subjecting our aid to places we feel we can "help" most, when really it's due to it's direct benefits on Australia like the hosting of asylum seekers. This increase is doing little to benefit other areas like the Asia-Pacific. If Australia reduces its work in the Asia-Pacific, then it reduces its investment in stabilising the region and helping some of the world's most vulnerable people. Aid isn't about governmental benefit, its about those who are most vulnerable and Australia has forgotten this.
"It is a complete abandonment of an aid promise. The Abbott Government has torn up its promise to increase aid," - Oxfam Australia's chief executive, Dr Helen Szoke.