Aid groups are hoping that in tonight's budget will shake up the priorities of Australia's multi-billion dollar foreign aid program, shifting money away from programs to improve governance in developing countries and education initiatives.
At present, governance takes more than one-fifth of the $4.3 billion aid budget - more than any other area. World Vision Australia's chief executive, Tim Costello, said: "Health and education getting more weight in the AusAID budget is really important." The executive director of the Australian Council for International Development, Marc Purcell, said he wanted ''at least 20 per cent of the budget directed towards health systems in developing countries, and a similar proportion towards education''.
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