Should the government increase or decrease foreign aid spending?

Increase for humanitarian aid, and only provide military aid to entities fighting a purely defensive conflict against a foreign power's encroachments on they're sovereignty. Also ensure that all entities receiving humanitarian aid are distributing it appropriately, and using it for it's intended purposes.

Spend less money looking for missing planes

Keep same, but only give aid to Pacific Islands/PNG

Be wary and only help when it can be done in a way where there is very clear planning with strong protections

Decrease to corrupt and war no gering countries. Increase to countries like Burkina Faso, Cuba and Bolivia

We should be giving foreign aid to countries who need it for food, medical supplies, rebuilding from natural disasters/bombings. WE SHOULD NOT GIVE FOREIGN AID TO BE SPENT ON WEAPONS OR WAR

Care for Australians needs first(refuges are full and under funded and under supported) before caring elsewhere in the world

Countries who are victims of genocide and ethnic cleansing, natural disasters and similar events should receive aid

Increase, but we need to be mindful of what leadership is in the country - for example, we need to spend more on Israel as they continue to protect their citizens and also provide aid to innocent civilians, but not to Iran, which supports and funds terrorism across the globe.

I think that we should decrease but put more money towards things that can benefit the needy like public housing, transport etc.

Indifferent, more transparency and better community input is required - particularly in regard to Israel, where they are providing weapons to a government that is innocently killing Palestinians and using a “self-defence” argument to justify it.

Maintain - redirect to African nations and support development of the third world. European nations and the west have long exploited African nations.

Match the spending of other developed countries, and transparency of where and what the funds are going towards

We should be spending aid money countering the 'belt and road' initiative and furthering Australia's interests.

Increase, but only to countries that are shown to have proper democratic systems of governance and countries that do not harbor or promote terrorism.

satisfied with current amount but foreign aid should be distributed only to nations that do not violate human rights

It depends on the nature of the aid and in the case of armed conflict, should be carefully deliberated.

uh we need to like help others yknow but idk really. like if the country is never gonna like get better we should realise that and not spend relief on that yknow.

It depends, maybe increase but make sure we have a lot of money still but if they really need help then help them and maybe get more people to help them too.

increase, yes only if our country economy is capable to supply and our country will not be effected economically

We should analyse each country we are funding and decide if we need to increase or decrease individually

Continue aiding where it is possible, but stop funding the Ukrainian regime. We are not going to support the regime there any longer.

I think it depends under circumstances if the country is in war if we give aid to one side and not the other we could put ourselves at risk.

More information is required before making a decision, such as proportion of overall budget, how aid will be distributed, recipient criteria, how cuts would affect current recipients, proposal of new defence spending. .

Do not allow funding to countries with human rights violations or countries that harbour or promote terrorism. The funding should be decreased slightly until our country is more affordable to live in

It is humanitarian to help people / families in need and to help protect them from being treated poorly. I am undecided on whether to increase or decrease the money.

i dont have a strong opinion on this at the current moment but id like to know how much we are actually spending

Increase foreign aid spending to the countries that need it most. Third world countries or countries in war.

Somewhat increase, but not towards contries that actively promote, engage in or fund terrorists or terrorism.

Decrease, until we no longer have a national deficit and deny aid in countries that harbour or promote terrorism

Until the national budget deficit is reduced, we decrease our spending. Then we’ll only spend money on countries that don’t violate human rights.

increase funding to countries suffering such as Palestine, while decreasing funding to countries promoting terrorism and genocide such as Israel.

Increase aid through basic necessities and job programs to prevent dependence on corporations. Monitor corruption for both countries

Decrease to zero. Government "aid" is usually given for geostrategic and political reasons. Aid should be private (people donating directly to causes)

Keep it fair for countries we are close with, such as, nz, us, uk, Germany, etc, reduce it for countries we aren’t close with

I feel like the current spending amount is satisfactory however I believe more of it should be given as humanitarian aid

Australian should be first because we are Australian plus I would not denied aid for countries but if countries are in war I will send plans to save people I don't believe in war I believe in saving people I will never give money or aid to go to war what is the point it's just land

It’s conditional for me:

If Australia is struggling, that money should be directed towards Australian struggles until resolved. Help yourself before you try to help others.

The current amount being spent seems enough. Why do we have to match other countries? What are the arguments for more or little? Pros and cons? I’m not informed on this matter.

Only spend on countries that have no human right violations. Islam, for example, is incompatible with human rights, so those countries should probably not receive foreign aid.

It should be increased only for countries that are allies which provide a beneficial and reciprocal relationship for Australia.

yes for countries in real need to assist in hunger, education, displacement and victims of war issues. not to aid countries in military aid and monetary aid in order to progress military weaponry

it'd difficult to say because it is unclear how that supposed financial aid is used not to mention the impact on the Australian people.

Australian foreign aid in the pacific should be much higher, as a wealthy and sizeable nation, we should be taking care of 'the little guys' that often fall victim to epidemics such as obesity, natural disaster and

depends where really, it depends on the country we are giving the foreign aid too and if its in our interests do spend foreign aid.

decrease by a little, no enemies

If we can afford then yes

only give the resources to countries that'll benefit Australia

decrease at this current moment due to the looming chance of war

Decrease in order to use funds to improve multiple issues within Australia

help some war torn countrys

Decrease, take care of Australians first before helping other countries.

Decrease, but only to countries that are in need of help, not well funded countries that are fine.

Keep the same, but deny for countries that promote or harbour terrorism or have human rights violations.

I think that foreign aid shall be changed depending on the countries and foreign entities that we are sending aid towards.

Increase funding for countries in crisis (palestine) and decrease funding for countries that promote terrorism and genocide (Israel)

Increase, and make sure the aid gets to the people that need it, rather than funding governments that have human rights violations and harbour terrorism.

Increase, but only for countries not involved in War, Genocide, or have been internationally denounced.

decrease, 917 million dollars to Israel and we have people living In tents on the street. absolute joke

Decrease yntil our country and its people are provided for, then help others.

Yes, increase foreign aid to Pacific regions specifically, and focus on combatting climate change

Cut funding to countries with human rights violations, other than that funding should remain the same.

Yes let’s concentrate on our pacific neighbors and eliminate deficit then look further afield

increase, however see to that the funding being sent is going straight to the people in need and not tio the hands of those who abuse and use the money for other things.

depends, we shouldn't help in civil car problems, but we should help fund third world country that need aid

only if they just got bombed by kim jon un

Increase, but only for countries that have no human rights violation, are a victim of a war and deny aid to countries that harbour or promote terrorism.

Increase it for countries that don't have any human rights violation and decrease for countries who harbour or promote terrorism

that depends

Help other countries who have supported us or other countries in need

Slightly increase

Only for counties with that that need human rights attention, despite their government.

do not help!!!

depends ln how rich the country is

Aid should be proportionate to capacity

Redistribute funds to the people in countries, instead of directing to their government

Depends, if the country is in desperate need and no one is aiding it, then we should increase spending, but other than that, it doesn't seem necessary.

Decrease, we should help our own country first before we help any other country.

Increase in necessary situations

foreign aid spending should depend on the needs of Australia at the time. if we need the money to put into bettering our country then it should be decreased.

Depends on the state of our own country, and also what the state of the country in question that we are providing aid to.

Increase, Trade with lots of different countries so a conflict with a trading partner won't cause as much harm to the economy as it would if you only had 1 or 2

Increase Foreign Aid spending, and spend it actually creating resources owned and controlled by the people the aid is given to. Do not give foreign governments aid since this often gets lost in corruption.

only if we get the sport back.

Less, and spend more money on our own army

Decrease, we need to deal with providing aid to those in need within Australia

We should aid countries that are in need and perhaps even increase spending in certain cases, and instea dof lowering it to those that promote terrorisim, instead aid the citizens suffering in those countries.

Increase, but only to countries that have a proven track record of using the foreign aid purely to truly aid the country the aid is sent to

Decrease - funding should go towards supporting hardships in own country, but go to lower socioeconomic countries when in serious crisis/war (have a set budget)

Increase but not to countries promoting terrorism and human rights violations

Yes with a focus on our neighbours

Look after our own people first before giving away money to other countries in need.

The minimum amount should be donated with funds to be used towards environmental rehabilitation and community revivement to enable self sufficiency in those communities, and assist in providing locally sourced meals and shelter in times of disaster and crisis and medical care.

Depending on situation

Increase campaigning to encourage people to give back

Should definitely aid in cases of non human envolved circumstance such as natural disasters. How ever wars or neighbouring conflicts should be left to be.

Depending if they need it

Increase. But get Australia great first.

Increase, but only to countries that can prove to direct aid to needy projects

Do not have an opinion on this , aid those that help us

Decrease 100% what about our country? We have so many issues ourselves and most of us struggle financially. Homelessness has never been so bad everywhere I look I see tents and I live in Redcliffe, its disgraceful. We absolutely should stop giving our taxes away and im a believer of giving and helping but we start with our country first! And only then which by the looks of things will be a very long time should we help other countries. I recently heard we donate as much as America and the UK donates less than us. We are a small country and the world should not rely on us for help all the time. Fix our country first!