Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Tim Costello slams Howard

Tim Costello, brother of Treasurer Peter Costello, has attacked John Howard for lacking statemanship on Australia's record of overseas aid, which is among the least-generous of the world's 22 richest nations, despite the $1billion aid package for the Boxing Day tsunamis...Australia's tough stance on border protection and asylum-seekers, which has seen children born in detention and citizens wrongly deported, has gained the country international notoriety," Mr Costello said.

"But what is not as well-known is our pitiful performance in the funding of overseas aid. It is so bad we are at risk of becoming an international embarrassment."

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