Julie Bishop to oversee largest ever cuts in Australian aid: report

By David Wroe
Updated September 24 2015 - 3:18pm, first published 12:15am
In terms of the size of Australia's aid budget, Julie Bishop has compared poorly to other foreign ministers, including Kevin Rudd. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
In terms of the size of Australia's aid budget, Julie Bishop has compared poorly to other foreign ministers, including Kevin Rudd. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop with Australian aid supplies bound for Vanuatu earlier this year. Photo: Andrew Meares
Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop with Australian aid supplies bound for Vanuatu earlier this year. Photo: Andrew Meares

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is set to preside over by far the largest overseas aid cuts as a proportion of the nation's income of any foreign minister in Australian history, a new report has found.

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