Bob Carr (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Our development partnership with the Solomon Islands is strong. Over 2012 to 2013, Australia's aid to the Solomon Islands will: firstly, help over 150,000 children stay at school by supporting tuition-free basic education; secondly, will improve access to clean water and sanitation for 15,000 people in rural communities; and, thirdly, will build over 370 kilometres of road to improve access to markets and generate employment. This builds on our success to date. Australia's aid has helped to ensure that 86 per cent of women now deliver their babies with a skilled birth attendant present. It has reduced malaria to 46 cases per 1,000 people in 2011, down from 199 in 2003. More than 140,000 young Solomon Islanders got an education in 2011. (Time expired)