Three-quarters of Australia’s foreign assistance budget is flowing to the Indo-Pacific, showing a commitment to remaining a reliable partner as USAID cuts bite.

Sitting at number 26 out of 31 OECD member countries' aid spending, Australia spends just 0.19 per cent of its GNI on foreign aid, Dr Hill says. “We used to have a target, this was a bipartisan ...

Direct funding to Pacific island nations was at least 40% of the total Australian aid budget, he said. The foreign aid planning is part of a wider national economic blueprint for the next fiscal year ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Tuesday his intention to rip billions of pounds from the country’s aid budget and instead use it to prop up increased defence… Australia has a new ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia plans to spend a larger share of its foreign aid on its neighbors in Asia and the Pacific islands after the United States announced major cuts to development and ...

Pacific island nations will get a larger chunk of Australia's foreign aid as spending is refocused after the United States slashed its aid agency. Foreign Minister Penny Wong asked her department to ...

A new modelling study has sought to find out what impact recent foreign aid cuts – particularly from the US – will have on ...

Three-quarters of Australia’s total overseas development aid will directly benefit the Indo-Pacific region, which is a 40-year high proportion, according to documents seen by The Associated ...

FILE -Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong, left, waits to shake hands with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, at the State Department, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin ...