Foreign Aid Cuts Coalition Youth UN Oaktree Foundation

Just twenty-­‐four hours before polls open, thousands of young voters have met the Coalition’s broken promise on foreign aid with outcry.

The Coalition announced yesterday that $4.5 billion in foreign aid increases would be cut should they form government.
Viv Benjamin, CEO of the Oaktree Foundation, stated the slashed funds could have saved the lives of 450,000 people living in extreme poverty around the world. [1]
‘The impact of Abbott’s aid cuts, revealed at the eleventh hour, must be made known so voters can make an informed vote on Saturday’ Ms Benjamin said.