“Annual bi-lateral aid to Solomon Islands is 28 per cent lower under the Coalition than under Labor”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Senator Wong's claim is not the full story. Australian foreign aid to Solomon Islands was on average almost 35 per cent lower per year under the Coalition compared with the previous Labor government, in inflation-adjusted terms. However, a major cause of that has been the end of Australia's role in a 14-year mission to Solomon Islands, which began in 2003 with the aim of restoring law and order after the country began sliding into civil unrest. This led to a surge in funding that experts told...
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In short
Penny Wong (Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs) made this claim around 21 April 2022. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 5 May 2022, 14 days later. Its rating was “Not the full story”.
Where the claim appeared
- abc.net.auhttps://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/labor-wont-take-a-backward-step-o…
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