Should Australia increase or decrease foreign aid spending?
In 2014 the Australian government cut the Foreign Aid Budget to $4 billion. This represented a 29% cut of the previous year’s budget of $5.6 billion. According to the treasury the funds would be redirected to Defence and national security. Proponents of aid cuts say the funds are better used for domestic programs and anti-terror efforts on behalf of the military. Opponents of the cuts argue that the current reduction is too drastic and Australia should match the higher aid spending of other developed countries like the UK.
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Response rates from 1.8k 3141 voters.
41% Increase |
42% Decrease |
34% Increase |
34% Decrease |
7% Increase, but only for countries that have no human rights violations |
4% Decrease, until we drastically reduce our national budget deficit |
3% Decrease, and deny aid to countries that harbour or promote terrorism |
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0% Decrease, and we should not give foreign aid to any countries |
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Unique answers from 3141 voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@4ZJVB9W4yrs4Y
Decrease, until no Australian citizen is homeless, and everyone can afford heating in winter and cooling in summer, and 3 healthy meals every day
@4ZMGXLP4yrs4Y
Spend less money looking for missing planes
@4ZWHNHP4yrs4Y
Keep same, but only give aid to Pacific Islands/PNG
@B2BLP7N2wks2W
Decrease, until we no longer have a national deficit and deny aid in countries that harbour or promote terrorism
@B22G8ZN1mo1MO
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.
@9ZTPDVM2mos2MO
Increase, but only to countries that are shown to have proper democratic systems of governance and countries that do not harbor or promote terrorism.
@9X3YRHR3mos3MO
satisfied with current amount but foreign aid should be distributed only to nations that do not violate human rights
@9WNKMDN3mos3MO
It depends on the nature of the aid and in the case of armed conflict, should be carefully deliberated.
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