“The great promise of integration was that we would be bringing different policy instruments to bear.” Strategic Advisor at the Development Intelligence Lab Richard Moore says little has changed in Australia’s international development policy since the DFAT-AusAID merger. Development cooperation may be important in the rhetoric, but facts suggest it is “not a priority” in practice.

Read Richard Moore’s “Australian development cooperation: Urgent and important, but “not a priority” here: https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/australian-development-cooperation-urgent-important-not-priority

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