Ensure Australia Overseas Aid Fund Crop

Official Australian Government announced it would cut foreign aid around AUD $ 100 million or around Rp 10 trillion Rupiah in Australian budget this year and will aid aimed at fighting poverty in the Asia Pacific region .

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the total number of grants this year will reach more than AUD $ 5 billion or less around AUD $ 107 million from last year .

Two days before the election Ferderal last year ( 2013) , it has submitted a stronghold Coalition plan would cut foreign aid budget of AUD $ 4.5 billion for four years to dapan .

Bishop said it was important that Australia's overseas aid budget " on a sustainable footing " .

" The budget will help more than AUD $ 5 billion this year and next will increase from year to year according to the Consumer Price Index , " he said .

According to this step to focus the aid budget so as to provide effective results .

" We focus on reducing poverty , we focus on economic growth and empowerment of women and girls , better education outcomes and better health outcomes in our region . We also want to make sure we can take advantage of private sector involvement , " she added .

Institutions help highlight this pruning when it was first announced and said trimming will encourage them to review a number of programs in the region .

However , Bishop insisted to affirm the commitment of an additional financing grant .

" Under the last Labour government budget , they received 2.5 percent of overseas development assistance ( ODA ) " Bishop said .

Bishop explained grants will be focused on countries in the Asia Pacific and Indian Oceans , including investment in Indonesia , the Solomon Islands , Nauru and the Philippines .

Executive Director of ActionAid , Archie Law , which has Beropreasi in 40 countries around the world said the cuts had been anticipated , but the aid agencies want to see more details related to its implementation .

" But what has not been done so far is give a little more detail about what parts are trimmed , " he told ABC News 24 .

He estimates that the program seems to African concerns trimmed by up to half , but this region is much poorer society than any other region in the world .

Law agreed there should be accountability in oversight of how Australian aid is used , but he also insists that the ' checks and balances ' are now adequate .

"I think the Australian aid program set up very stiff and tight , " he said .