Oz Budget & Foreign Aid – not all bad news

Ben’s blog (http://blogs.tear.org.au/ben/) has some good insights on what the Australian budget looks like with respect to overseas development assistance, and he tries to “hold the Government’s feet to the fire with a veeeeery long, specially-designed foot-holder from all the way over here in Kathmandu.” The news is mostly good, all considered: a 5.6% increase in real terms for overseas develpopment assistance. Anyway, don’t take my word for it – Ben knows much more than me:

• Budget night blogging 1
• Budget night blogging 2 – fright night
• Budget night blogging 3 – unwrapping the loot
• Update: Budget night blogging 4 (day after budget night edition) – getting to 0.7