Just a few months after Canada confirmed its development agency would be absorbed into the country’s foreign affairs and trade ministry, now Australia will follow suit.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced on Wednesday that the foreign aid portfolio would be “integrated” into the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade under Julie Bishop to be “more closely aligned” with foreign policy and to cut “duplication and waste.”
The decision prompted — according to local media — the resignation of AusAID chief Peter Baxter, who will be replaced by his deputy Ewan McDonald as acting director general. Both the agency and DFAT declined to comment.
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