Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, 9 December 2013, p. 287.

[2]        Journals of the Senate, 18 March 2014, p. 635.

[3]        Treasury, Submission 21, p. 3.

[4]        Report of the Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness, April 2011, p. 5 (Independent Review).

[5]        AusAID, Annual report 2012-13, p. 217.

[6]        DFAT, Submission 17, p. 14.

[7]        AusAID, Australian Aid: Promoting Growth and Stability, 2006.

[8]        AusAID, Annual report 2012-13, p. 219.

[9]        Independent Review, p. 56.

[10]      Independent Review, p. 5.

[11]      Independent Review, pp 5-6.

[12]      AusAID, An Effective Aid Program for Australia, Making a real difference – Delivering real results, 2012, pp 59-65.

[13]      AusAID, An Effective Aid Program for Australia, Making a real difference – Delivering real results, 2012, pp 59-65.

[14]      AusAID, An Effective Aid Program for Australia, Making a real difference – Delivering real results, 2012, p. 60.

[15]      AusAID, 2011-12 Annual Review of Aid Effectiveness, 2012, p. 2.

[16]      AusAID, Independent Evaluation Committee–Terms of Reference, 2012, p. 1, available at http://www.ode.ausaid.gov.au/publications/pdf/iec-tor.pdf (accessed 16 September 2013).

[17]      United Nations, The Millennium Development Goals Report 2013, p. 52.

[18]      DFAT, Submission 17, p. 2.

[19]      The Hon Joe Hockey MP and the Hon Andrew Robb MP, Final Update on Federal Coalition Election Policy Commitments, 5 September 2013, p. 4.

[20]      The Hon Joe Hockey MP and the Hon Andrew Robb MP, Final Update on Federal Coalition Election Policy Commitments, 5 September 2013, p. 4.

[21]      The Hon Tony Abbott MP, Prime Minister, 'The Coalition will restore strong, stable and accountable government', Media release, 18 September 2013.

[22]      Coalition, The Coalition's Policy for Foreign Affairs, September 2013, p. 2; Carlos Santamaria, 'After CIDA, AusAID: Australia integrate aid into foreign affairs', DevEx, 18 September 2013, available at: https://www.devex.com/news/after-cida-ausaid-australia-integrates-aid-into-foreign-affairs-81826 (accessed 21 March 2014).

[23]      The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, 'Five billion dollar aid budget to focus on the region', Media Release, 18 January 2014.

[24]      DFAT, Submission 17, p. 2.

[25]      The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, 'Five billion dollar aid budget to focus on the region', Media Release, 18 January 2014.

[26]      DFAT, Submission 17, p. 14.

[27]      DFAT, Submission 17, p. 14.

[28]      DFAT, Submission 17, p. 15.

[29]      For example, Lean Alfred Santos, 'Disappointed NGO's slam Australia's aid cut details', DevEx, 20 January 2014, available at: https://www.devex.com/news/disappointed-ngos-slam-australias-aid-cut-details-82684 (accessed 21 March 2014).

[30]       Budget Paper No. 1 2013-14, p. 6-14.

[31]      Development Policy Centre, 'A technical note on the revised allocation of Australian as at 18 January 2014', available at: www.devpolicy.org/pdf/2014-aid-cuts-technical-note.pdf  (accessed 2 February 2014).

[32]      The Hon Tony Abbott MP, Prime Minister, House of Representatives Hansard, 25 March 2014, p. 30. 

[33]      Portfolio Additional Estimates Statement 2013-14 – Foreign Affairs and Trade Portfolio, p. 3.

[34]      The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, 'Opening Address – 2014 Australasian Aid and International Development Policy workshop', 14 February 2014, available at http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2014/jb_sp_140213.html (accessed 17 February 2014).

[35]      DFAT, 'Performance Benchmarks for Australian Aid', Consultation Paper, January 2014, pp 1-3, available at: http://aid.dfat.gov.au/Publications/Documents/external-consultation-paper.pdf (accessed 4 February 2014).

Chapter 2 - Policy objectives and international commitments

[1]        OECD, Effective Aid Management: Twelve Lessons from DAC Peers Reviews, 2008, p. 4.

[2]        AusAID, Australian Aid: Promoting Growth and Stability, 2006, p. 5.

[3]        Independent Review, p. 105.

[4]        AusAID, Helping the World's Poor through Effective Aid: Australia's Comprehensive Aid Policy Framework to 2015-16, 2012, p. 8.

[5]        Submission 17, pp 3-4.

[6]        Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 64.

[7]        Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 66.

[8]        Mr Andrew Johnson, World Vision, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 15.

[9]        Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 23; Submission 35, p. 8.

[10]      ACFID, Benchmarks for an Effective and Accountable Australian Aid Program, January 2014, p. 5, tabled at the public hearing on 21 February 2014.

[11]      Submission 42, p. 3.

[12]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 7.

[13]      Submission 67, p. 24; Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 49.

[14]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 50.

[15]      Submission 62, p. 1.

[16]      Submission 17, p. 4.

[17]      Submission 17, p. 3.

[18]      Submission 5, p. 1.

[19]      Submission 11, p. 4.

[20]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 11.

[21]      Submission 24, p. 4.

[22]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 7.

[23]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 53.

[24]      Submission 4, p. 2.

[25]      Submission 16, p. 4 [emphasis in original].

[26]      Submission 67, p. 21.

[27]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 66.

[28]      Office of Development Effectiveness, Lessons from Australian Aid, 2014, p. 3.

[29]      Submission 17, p. 1.

[30]      Extracted from DFAT, Submission 17, p. 16.

[31]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 16.

[32]      Submission 2, p. 3.

[33]      Submission 66, p. 2.

[34]      ODE, Lessons from Australian Aid, 2014, pp 3-4.

[35]      Australian Government, Budget: Australia's International Development Assistance Program 2013-14, p. 16.

[36]      Submission 35, p. 11.

[37]      Submission 35, p. 12.

[38]      Submission 2, p. 3.

[39]      Submission 67, p. 12.

[40]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 17.

[41]      Submission 56, p. 2.

[42]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, pp 16-17.

[43]      Submission 72, p. 6.

[44]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 28.

[45]      ODE, Lessons from Australian Aid, 2014, pp 3-4.

[46]      Submission 62, pp 6-7.

[47]      Submission 35, p. 13.

[48]      Submission 65, p. 64, p. 7.

[49]      Submission 64, p. 19.

[50]      Submission 57, p. 5.

[51]      Submission 11, p. 5.

[52]      For example, ActionAid, Submission 45, p. 5; Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, Submission 63, p. 1.

[53]      Submission 63, p. 2.

[54]      For example, United Nations Association of Australia, Submission 23, p. 3.

[55]      Submission 73, p. 2.

[56]      Independent Review, p. 5.

[57]      United Nations, The Millennium Development Goals report 2013, p. 4.

[58]      United Nations, The Millennium Development Goals report 2013, p. 24.

[59]      United Nations, The Millennium Development Goals report 2013, p. 6.

[60]      MDG Gap Task Force, 'The Global Partnership for Development: Making Rhetoric a Reality', Report 2012, p. xi.

[61]      AusAID, Annual report 2012-13, p. 36.

[62]      AusAID, Annual Review of Aid Effectiveness 2011-12, 2013, p. 17.

[63]      United Nations, 'A New Global Partnership: Eradicate Poverty and Transform Economies Through Sustainable Development', Report of the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, 2013, pp.7-12.

[64]      Statement by the Hon Julie Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Special Event to follow up efforts made towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals, 25 September 2013, available at http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/Australia_GA_Spec_Event_25Sept13.pdf (accessed 3 February 2014).

[65]      For example, Oaktree, Submission 8, pp 2-3.

[66]      Submission 35, p. 12.

[67]      Submission 38, p. 11.

[68]      Submission 15, p. 6.

[69]      Organisation for Cooperation Economic Development, 'The 0.7% ODA/GNUI target – a history', available at: http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/the07odagnitarget-ahistory.htm (accessed 13 September 2013).

[70]      Organisation for Cooperation Economic Development 'History of the 0.7% ODA Target', OECD Journal on Development, 2002, 4(3), p. III-10.

[71]      United Nations, The Millennium Development Goals report 2013, p. 52.

[72]      United Nations, The Millennium Development Goals report 2013, p. 52. 

[73]      AusAID, Annual report 2012-13, p. 217.

[74]      Submission 21, p. 5.

[75]      Extracted from Treasury, Submission 21, p. 6.

[76]      Submission 21, p. 11.

[77]      Submission 21, p. 15.

[78]      Robin Davies, 'Australia's overseas aid program: a post-surgical stocktake', DevPolicyBlog, 3 February 2014, available at: http://devpolicy.org/australias-overseas-aid-program-a-post-surgical-stocktake-20140203/ (accessed 3 February 2014).

[79]      Mr Marc Purcell, ACFID, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 29.

[80]      Submission 36, p. 3.

[81]      Submission 7, p. 3.

[82]      Submission 69, p. 2.

[83]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 7.

[84]      Submission 5, p. 2.

[85]      Submission 67, p. 3.

[86]      Independent Review, p. 72.

[87]      AusAID, 'Australian Aid: Promoting Growth and Stability', April 2006.

[88]      For example, Mr Paul O'Callaghan, Church Agencies Network, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 21.

[89]      Mr Peter Varghese, Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Additional Estimates, Committee Hansard, 27 February 2014, p. 76.

[90]      World Food Programme, Submission 6, p. 2.

[91]      Submission 17, p. 6.

[92]      Independent Review, p. 12.

Chapter 3 - Development priorities and the delivery of aid

[1]        Independent Review, p. 61.

[2]        Submission 21, p. 13.

[3]        Extracted from Treasury, Submission 21, p. 14.

[4]        Submission 17, p. 16.

[5]        Independent Review, p. 15.

[6]        Submission 67, p. 12.

[7]        For example: ACFID, Submission 35, p. 17; Ms Jo Pride, Oxfam Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 6; Save the Children, Submission 36, p. 8.

[8]        Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 8.

[9]        The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, 'Australia pledges $12 million to help the Syria people', Media Release, 16 January 2014.

[10]      For example, Ms Melissa Wells, Save the Children, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 7; Mr Andrew Johnson, World Vision, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 19; Professor Michael Toole, Burnet Institute, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 33.

[11]      Mr Andrew Johnson, World Vision, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 19.

[12]      Submission 41, p. 6.

[13]      Mr Ewen McDonald, DFAT, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 68.

[14]      AusAID, Annual Review of Aid Effectiveness 2012-13, p. 15.

[15]      OECD, Development Co-operation Peer Review: Australia 2013, p. 22.

[16]      Submission 64, p. 14.

[17]      Submission 36, p. 9.

[18]      Submission 8, p. 1.

[19]      Australian Government, Budget: Australia's International Development Assistance Program 2013-14, 14 May 2013, p. 9.

[20]      AusAID, Annual report 2012-13, p. 27.

[21]      Australian Government, Budget: Australia's International Development Assistance Program 2013-14, 14 May 2013, p. 96.

[22]      Submission 17, p. 14.

[23]      For example, Action Aid, Submission 45, pp 4-5.

[24]      Ms Jo Pride, Oxfam Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 6.

[25]      Submission 35, p. 9.

[26]      Submission 9, p. 2.

[27]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 3.

[28]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, pp 1-2.

[29]      Submission 9, p. 6.

[30]      Submission 9, p. 5. The PWSPD is a ten-year $320 million initiative to help improve the political, economic and social opportunities of Pacific women. The PWSPD focuses on increasing women's participation in leadership and decision making roles, economic opportunities for women through improved access to financial services and markets and safety for women through better services for survivors of violence, access to justice and preventing violence. DFAT, 'Pacific Women Shaping Pacific Development', available at: http://aid.dfat.gov.au/Publications/Pages/brochure-pacific-women-development.aspx (accessed 6 March 2014).

[31]      For example, YWCA Australia, Submission 68, p. 3.

[32]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 5.

[33]      Submission 9, p. 5.

[34]      Submission 17, pp 4-5.

[35]      OECD DAC, OECD Development Cooperation Peer Review: Australia 2013, p. 17.

[36]      OECD DAC, OECD Development Cooperation Peer Review: Australia 2013, p. 47.

[37]      AusAID, Annual report 2012-13, p. 194.

[38]      Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Brett Mason, 'International Day of people with Disability', Media Release, 3 December 2013.

[39]      Submission 16, p. 7.

[40]      Submission 16, p. 7.

[41]      Submission 15, p. 5.

[42]      Submission 15, pp 1-2.

[43]      AusAID, 2011-12 Annual Review of Aid Effectiveness, 2012, p. 22.

[44]      DFAT, Annual Review of Aid Effectiveness 2012-13, February 2014, p. 29.

[45]      Submission 17, p. 15.

[46]      Submission 6, p. 1.

[47]      AusAID, Annual report 2012-13, p. 16.

[48]      Australian Government, Budget: Australia's International Development Assistance Program 2013-14, 14 May 2013, p. 130.

[49]      Submission 64, p. 14.

[50]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 6.

[51]      Submission 36, p. 11.

[52]      Submission 17, p. 16.

[53]      Submission 47, p. 3.

[54]      Submission 41, p. 7.

[55]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 32.

[56]      Submission 4, p. 3.

[57]      Submission 4, p. 3.

[58]      AusAID, Annual report 2012-13, p. 207.

[59]      Submission 46, p. 1.

[60]      Mr Ewen McDonald, DFAT, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 67.

[61]      AusAID, 'Medical Research Strategy', available at http://aid.dfat.gov.au/publications/Pages/medical-research-strategy.aspx (accessed 21 March 2014).

[62]      Submission 14, p. 4.

[63]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 34.

[64]      Submission 34, p. 7.

[65]      Submission 14, pp 3-4.

[66]      Submission 13, p. 2.

[67]      Submission 13, p. 1.

[68]      Submission 4, p. 5.

[69]      Submission 2, p. 2.

[70]      Submission 3, p. 2.

[71]      'Polio outbreak in Syria confirmed by World Health Organisation', ABC News, 29 October 2013, available at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-29/who-confirms-polio-outbreak-in-syria/5056494 (accessed 21 March 2014).

[72]      For example, World Vision, Submission 41, p. 8.

[73]      ACFID, Submission 35, p. 8.

[74]      Australian Government, Budget: Australian International Development Assistance Program 2013-14, 14 May 2013, p. 55.

[75]      Submission 39, p. 4.

[76]      Submission 39, p. 5.

[77]      Submission 17, pp 14-15.

[78]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 51.

[79]      Submission 35, p. 14.

[80]      Submission 23, p. 3.

[81]      Australian Government, Budget: Australia's International Development Assistance Program 2013-14, 14 May 2013, p. 98.

[82]      Submission 45, p. 7.

[83]      Submission 67, p. 19.

[84]      Submission 17, p. 4.

[85]      Independent Review, p. 20.

[86]      AusAID, Sustainable economic development: private sector development, August 2012, p. 7. 

[87]      Office of Development Effectiveness, Lessons from Australian Aid, 2014, p. 11.

[88]      Australian Government, Budget: Australia's International Development Assistance Program 2013-14, 14 May 2013, p. 102.

[89]      Australian Government, Budget: Australia's International Development Assistance Program 2013-14, 14 May 2013, p. 118.

[90]      Submission 5, pp 1-2.

[91]      Submission 67, p. 22.

[92]      Submission 64, p. 10.

[93]      Submission 64, p. 20.

[94]      Submission 25, p. 5.

[95]      Submission 25, p. 5.

[96]      Submission 25, p. 4.

[97]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 52.

[98]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 52.

[99]      Submission 36, p. 10.

[100]    Submission 73, p. 1.

[101]    Submission 35, p. 22.

[102]    Submission 35, p. 23.

[103]    Professor Michael Toole, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p, 34.

[104]    Ms Jo Hayter, IWDA, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 3.

[105]    Submission 17, p. 5.

[106]    Submission 17, p. 5.

[107]    AusAID, Australian Multilateral Assessment, March 2012.

[108]    AusAID, Multilateral Engagement Strategy for the Australian aid program 2012-2016, 2012, p. 5.

[109]    AusAID, Australian Multilateral Assessment, March 2012, pp xiii-xiv.

[110]    Submission 37, p. 3.

[111]    Submission 23, p. 4.

[112]    Submission 44, p. 1.

[113]    Submission 44, pp 1-5.

[114]    Robin Davies, 'Australia's overseas aid program: a post-surgical stocktake', DevPolicy Blog, 3 February 2014.

[115]    Submission 36, p. 6.

[116]    Submission 17, p. 5.

[117]    Mr Ewen McDonald, DFAT, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 68.

[118]    Submission 41, p. 6.

[119]    For example, Ms Jo Hayter, IWDA, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 3.

[120]    Submission 64, p. 17.

[121]    Mr Marc Purcell, ACFID, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 28.

[122]    Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 21.

[123]    Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 12.

[124]    Submission 42, pp 1-2.

[125]    Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 40.

[126]    Submission 64, p. 10.

[127]    IDC Australia, answer to question on notice no. 2, p. 2. 

[128]    IDC Australia, answer to question on notice no. 2, p. 6.

[129]    IDC Australia, answer to question on notice no. 2, p. 4.

[130]    IDC Australia, Submission 42, p. 2.

[131]    IDC Australia, answer to question on notice no. 2, p. 2.

[132]    Submission 30, p. 2.

[133]    Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 56.

[134]    Mr Ewen McDonald, DFAT, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 69.    

[135]    Independent Review, p. 19.

[136]    The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Opening address - 2014 Australasian Aid and International Development Policy workshop, 14 February 2014.

[137]    Submission 17, p. 5.

[138]    Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 17.

[139]    AusAID, 2011-12 Annual Review of Aid Effectiveness, 2012, p. 11.

[140]    ODE, Evaluation of the Australian Volunteers for International Development (AVID) program, January 2014, pp 1-2.

[141]    Independent Review, p. 14.

[142]    Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator the Hon Brett Mason, 'International Day of people with Disability', Media Release, 3 December 2013.

[143]    The committee notes the deployment of the Australian Navy's Canberra-class landing helicopter docks (LHDs) will provide additional capacity for Australia to respond to humanitarian and natural disasters within the Asia Pacific and beyond.

[144]    AusAID, '2013 ECF Project Completion Report', September 2013, p. 1.

[145]    USAID, 'USAID and DFID announce Global Development Innovation Ventures to Invest in Breakthrough Solutions to World Poverty', Press Release, 6 June 2013 available at: http://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/usaid-and-dfid-announce-global-development-innovation-ventures (accessed 24 March 2014).

[146]    Stephen Howes, 'Five things to like about the Foreign Minister's aid speech; and two concerns', DevPolicy, 26 February 2014, available at: http://devpolicy.org/foreign-ministers-aid-speech-20140226 (accessed 24 March 2014).

Chapter 4 - Integration of AusAID, effectiveness and benchmarks

[1]        Submission 17, p. 6.

[2]        Submission 17, p. 6.

[3]        Submission 17, p. 8.

[4]        Submission 17, p. 11.

[5]        Submission 17, p. 9.

[6]        Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 64.

[7]        Submission 62, p. 1.

[8]        Submission 8, p. 4.

[9]        Submission 22, p. 1.

[10]      Submission 67, p. 25.

[11]      Submission 67, p. 27.

[12]      Submission 67, p. 40.

[13]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 49.

[14]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 7.

[15]      Submission 42, p. 6.

[16]      Submission 54, p. 6.

[17]      Submission 17, p. 12.

[18]      Submission 17, p. 12.

[19]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 64.

[20]      Submission 17, p. 7.

[21]      Submission 57, p. 6.

[22]      Submission 24, p. 6.

[23]      Submission 7, p. 2.

[24]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 50.

[25]      Submission 67, pp 30-31.

[26]      Submission 16, p. 9.

[27]      Submission 9, p. 6.

[28]      Submission 17, p. 11.

[29]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 11.

[30]      Australian Public Service Commission, Capability Review – Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 2013, p. 4.

[31]      Submission 17, p. 13.

[32]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 27.

[33]      Submission 36, p. 11.

[34]      Submission 35, p. 20.

[35]      Submission 35, p. 20.

[36]      Submission 41, p. 12.

[37]      CPSU, Submission 22, p. 4.

[38]      Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada, 'About the New Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development', Circular Note No. FTRN-001, 11 July 2013.

[39]      Submission 67, p. 28.

[40]      Submission 5, p. 2.

[41]      Independent Review, p. 6.

[42]      Independent Review, p. 310.

[43]      DFAT, 'Engage', http://ausaid.govspace.gov.au/ (accessed 21 March 2014).

[44]      OECD DAC, Peer Review, 2013, p. 19.

[45]      Independent Review, p. 3.

[46]      Submission 17, p. 6.

[47]      Submission 17, p. 11.

[48]      Submission 35, p. 23.

[49]      Submission 35, p. 23.

[50]      Submission 30, p. 1.

[51]      Submission 36, p. 12.

[52]      Submission 57, p. 7.

[53]      Australian Government, Budget: Australian International Development Assistance Program 2013-14, 14 May 2013, pp 127-18.

[54]      AusAID, 'Uniform Aid Standards–Achieving better aid outcomes across government', Latest News, http://www.ausaid.gov.au/HotTopics/Pages/Display.aspx?QID=1191 (accessed 2 Febraury 2013).

[55]      Submission 67, p. 5.

[56]      Hanna Gillies, Jonathan Pryke and Stephen Howes, 'What happened to aid transparency under Labor', DevPolicy, 7 Febraury 2014, available at http://devpolicy.org/what-happened-to-aid-transparency-under-labor-20140207 (accessed 25 March 2014).

[57]      Submission 35, p. 25.

[58]      Submission 37, p. 4.

[59]      Submission 41, p. 13.

[60]      Submission 2, p. 5.

[61]      The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs,  'Opening address – 2014 Australasian Aid and International Development Policy workshop', 14 February 2014.

[62]      Submission 17, pp 5-6.

[63]      For example, Ms Jo Pride, Oxfam Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 13.

[64]      Submission 62, p. 6.

[65]      Committee Hansard, 21 Feburary 2014, p. 26.

[66]      Submission 67, p. 35.

[67]      Submission 67, p. 35.

[68]      Submission 67, p. 39.

[69]      Independent Review, p. 5.

[70]      Submission 64, p. 21; Ms Jo Pride, Oxfam Australia, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 14.

[71]      Submission 23, p. 6.

[72]      Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee, Australia's overseas development programs in Afghanistan, May 2013, p. 235.

Chapter 5 - Funding cuts and consequences

[1]        Submission 21, p. 4.

[2]        Extracted from Treasury, Submission 21, p. 4.

[3]        Submission 17, p. 2.

[4]        Submission 21, p. 7.

[5]        Submission 17, p. 2.

[6]        Submission 17, p. 3.

[7]        Submission 35, p. 5.

[8]        For example, Childfund, Submission 7, p. 1

[9]        Submission 38, p. 5.

[10]      IWDA, Submission 9, p. 5.

[11]      Submission 67, p. 8.

[12]      Submission 67, p. 10.

[13]      Submission 54, p. 4.

[14]      Submission 67, p. 13.

[15]      Submission 57, p. 3.

[16]      Submission 43, pp 11-12.

[17]      Submission 17, p. 5.

[18]      For example, Mr Marc Purcell, ACFID, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 29.

[19]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 4.

[20]      Submission 35, p. 18.

[21]      Submission 36, p. 6.

[22]      Tim Costello, 'Australia aid charities need clarity over cuts', The Guardian, 13 January 2014.

[23]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 19.

[24]      Submission 25, p. 6.

[25]      Submission 67, p. 3.

[26]      Submission 67, p. 13.

[27]      Submission 17, p. 2.

[28]      Submission 54, p. 5.

[29]      Submission 37, p. 4.

[30]      Submission 34, p. 5.

[31]      Submission 36, p. 12.

[32]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, pp 64-65.

[33]      DFAT, answer to question on notice from public hearing, 21 February 2014, p. [1].

[34]      Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee, Committee Hansard, Additional Estimates, 27 February 2014, p. 71.

[35]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 70.

[36]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 71.

[37]      DFAT, answer to question on notice from public hearing, 21 February 2014, p. [3].

[38]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 68.

[39]      Submission 37, p. 3.

[40]      Childfund, Submission 7, p. 1. 

[41]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 18.

[42]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 18.

[43]      Submission 35, p. 4.

[44]      Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, pp 22-23.

[45]      OECD, 'Official development assistance – definition and coverage', available at http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/officialdevelopmentassistancedefinitionandcoverage.htm (accessed 21 March 2014).

[46]      OECD, 'Is it ODA?', Factsheet, November 2008, p. 2.

[47]      Committee Hansard, 21 March 2014, p. 52.

[48]      Committee Hansard, 21 March 2014, p. 53.

[49]      AusAID, 'Reprioritisation in the Aid Budget', Media release, 3 February 2013, available at http://www.ausaid.gov.au/HotTopics/Pages/Display.aspx?QID=1029 (accessed 5 September 2013).

[50]      Development Policy Centre, 'A technical note on the revised allocation of Australian aid as at 18 January 2014', available at www.devpolicy.org/pdf/2014-aid-cuts-technical-note.pdf ‎ (accessed 4 March 2014).

[51]      Submission 67, p. 18.

[52]      Submission 68, p. 3.

[53]      Submission 25, p. 2.

[54]      For example, Mr James Chisholm, Treasury, Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 67.

Dissenting report by Coalition Senators

[1]        Australian Government, Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, Part 2, Economic Outlook, http://www.budget.gov.au/2013-14/content/myefo/html/02_part_2-01.htm

[2]        Submission 21, p. 7.

[3]        Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 30.

[4]        Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 49.

[5]        'Foreign aid more than a moral crusade, The Australian, 17 January 2014.       

[6]        Committee Hansard, 21 February 2014, p. 25.

[7]        Submission 5, p. 1.

[8]        Submission 38, p. 2.

Dissenting report by the Australian Greens

[1]        Submission 25, pp 3-4.

[2]        Mike Steketee, 'Foreign aid cut: saving lives is a low priority', The Drum, available at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-26/steketee-foreign-aid/4980840.