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senate vote 2012-06-25#2
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Motions — Foreign Aid Budget- Motions - Foreign Aid Budget - Increase foreign aid budget to 0.7% of GNI
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<p class="speaker">Lee Rhiannon</p><p>I, and also on behalf of Senator Milne, move:</p><p class="italic">That the Senate—</p>- The majority voted against increasing the International Development Assistance Budget from 0.5% of [Gross National Income](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_national_income) (GNI) to 0.7%.
- ### Motions
- > *That the Senate—*
- > *(a) congratulates the Prime Minister ([Ms Gillard](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/lalor/julia_gillard)) on her appointment to co-chair a global leadership group on achieving the [Millennium Development Goals](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Development_Goals);*
- > *(b) notes that:*
- >> *(i) in 1970, Australia endorsed the [United Nations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations) target to allocate 0.7 per cent of [Gross National Income](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_national_income) (GNI) to foreign aid,*
- >> *(ii) the former Prime Minister ([Mr Howard](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/bennelong/john_howard)) endorsed the 0.7 per cent target when he signed on to the Millennium Development Goals, and*
- >> *(iii) on 22 November 2011, the Senate voted to reaffirm a bipartisan commitment to increase the International Development Assistance Budget to at least 0.5 per cent of GNI by 2015; and*
- > *(c) calls on the Government to:*
- >> *(i) recommit to 0.5 per cent of GNI to be allocated to Australia's foreign aid budget by 2015, and*
- >> *(ii) commit to re-evaluating the provision of 0.7 per cent of GNI to the foreign aid budget in order to bring Australia in line with achieving the Millennium Development Goals.*
<p class="italic">  (a)   congratulates the Prime Minister (Ms Gillard) on her appointment to co-chair a global leadership group on achieving the Millennium Development Goals;</p><p class="italic">  (b)   notes that:</p><p class="italic">     (i)   in 1970, Australia endorsed the United Nations target to allocate 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI) to foreign aid,</p><p class="italic">     (ii)   the former Prime Minister (Mr Howard) endorsed the 0.7 per cent target when he signed on to the Millennium Development Goals, and</p><p class="italic">     (iii)   on 22 November 2011, the Senate voted to reaffirm a bipartisan commitment to increase the International Development Assistance Budget to at least 0.5 per cent of GNI by 2015; and</p><p class="italic">  (c)   calls on the Government to:</p><p class="italic">     (i)   recommit to 0.5 per cent of GNI to be allocated to Australia's foreign aid budget by 2015, and</p><p class="italic">     (ii)   commit to re-evaluating the provision of 0.7 per cent of GNI to the foreign aid budget in order to bring Australia in line with achieving the Millennium Development Goals.</p> <p class="speaker">Stephen Parry</p><p>The question is that the motion moved by Senator Rhiannon be agreed to.</p>
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