Australian Aid
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Australian Aid is the brand name used to identify projects in developing countries supported by the Australian Government. As of 2014 the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has been responsible for Australia's official development assistance (foreign aid) to developing countries.
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Formed | 1 December 1973; 50 years ago (1973-12-01) |
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Jurisdiction | Australian Government |
Headquarters | Canberra, ACT, Australia |
Employees | 1,652 (April 2013)[1] |
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Parent department | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
Website | dfat |
The Australian Development Assistance Agency (ADAA) was founded in 1974 under the Whitlam government, renamed the Australian Development Assistance Bureau (ADAB) in 1976, then the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (AIDAB) in 1987, before becoming the Australian Agency for International Development, known as AusAID, in 1995. It was merged into DFAT without prior consultation by the Abbott government in 2014, with aid slashed to most regions apart from the Pacific region.