Published: December 07, 2018
Former ministers want party’s national conference to commit to target of 0.7% of gross national income
Former Labor ministers including Gareth Evans and Bob Carr have called on their party to increase Australia’s foreign aid.
The two former foreign ministers joined the former trade minister John Kerin, the former international development minister Melissa Parke, the former parliamentary secretary Bob McMullan and the former president of the ACTU Sharan Burrow in signing an open letter urging a future Labor government to “take decisive action to rebuild the Australian aid program and ensure that Australia meets its international obligations”.
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