Matt Thistlethwaite (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. On national television last night, the Treasurer was asked how much he had cut from the foreign aid budget. The Treasurer replied:

Ah, well, I mean, from memory, it'd be well in excess of five billion, right. But we've done it on the basis—but don't hold me to that figure …

The Treasurer's own budget papers clearly show a massive $11.3 billion has been cut from foreign aid. Doesn't the fact that the Treasurer has no idea about some of the biggest cuts in his own budget confirm just how sloppy he is?

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