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  • Apr, 2012

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    Australian Spend on Aid

    Q.  In 2000 John Howard signed the Millennium Declaration committing Australia to spend 0.7% of Gross National Income on aid (the equivalent of 70 cents in every $100 earned in the economy). How much do you think Australia spent on aid in 2011?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    0.35

    13%

    15%

    12%

    16%

    0.5

    12%

    10%

    16%

    14%

    0.7

    7%

    10%

    7%

    8%

    More than 0.7

    24%

    28%

    25%

    20%

    Don’t know

    44%

    37%

    40%

    42%

    When asked home much of Australia’s Gross National Income is spent on aid, the largest proportion of respondents stated ‘don’t know’ (44%).

    The next largest proportion (24%) said that it was more than the 0.7 committed in the Millennium Declaration.

    13% said that Australia spent 0.35 on aid, and 12% said 0.5. Just 7% said 0.7.

    There was little difference across voting intention.

    Females (48%) were more likely than males (39%) to select ‘don’t know’.

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