US EditionAustralia focuses foreign aid spending on Pacific region as US slashes aid programs
- Australia plans to increase its foreign aid spending to Asia and the Pacific islands following significant cuts by the United States to its aid programs.
- Seventy-Five percent of Australia's overseas development aid will benefit the Indo-Pacific region, the highest proportion in 40 years, as reported by documents reviewed by The Associated Press.
- Australia will increase its total aid budget to AU$5.097 billion for the fiscal year starting July 1, a rise of AU$136 million from the previous year.
- Australia is reallocating its aid focus while suspending or delaying AU$119 million in payments to multilateral organizations.
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