Instead of asking Australians whether our current aid investment was right, we asked how much they thought we invested. The results, which back up other research into public opinions on foreign aid, are in striking contrast to reality, revealing how fraught polling of public perceptions on foreign aid can be. (June 26 2018 The Conversation)
Social media has been flooded with memes and posts calling for the Federal Government to cut foreign aid spending and use that money to help struggling farmers instead. (10 August 2018 ABC)
UNICEF Australia calls upon the federal government to restore its aid program to previous levels of $5.5 billion and to progressively increase this to the international standard by 2030. (17 December, 2018 UNICEF)