Exclusive: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will slash 60 jobs across Canberra and overseas postings as concern grows about Australia's flailing diplomatic footprint in the Indo-Pacific region | Gallo_Ways
A group of Australia's top foreign policy experts has been calling on the Morrison government to increase its diplomacy and foreign aid budget to ensure the country doesn't become irrelevant in the Indo-Pacific region amid the growing presence of China.According to multiple sources, DFAT will cut 50 jobs out of Canberra and 10 from eight overseas postings.
Mr Sharma this week said DFAT had "failed to sell its value to the political class, to cultivate champions within the cabinet or position itself with solutions to the government's challenges". Australia now spends just 1.3 per cent of the federal budget on diplomacy and foreign aid, well below comparable countries. It outlays about $28 billion a year on defence compared with $1 billion on diplomacy.
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