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Editor's note
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Yesterday world leaders rushed to condemn Donald Trump’s ban on Syrian refugees and citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries entering the US. Australia’s Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, did not. Instead, writes Michelle Grattan, he “simply slid around the issue,” claiming it wasn’t his job to run commentary on the domestic policies of other countries. It’s an evasion that speaks volumes about the PM’s leadership and the tacit cost of Trump’s support of the deal to ship refugees from Manus Island and Nauru to the US.
Meanwhile Australia's aid spend, measured as a share of gross national income, is set to fall to its lowest level ever this year. But which Australian government was the most generous on foreign aid? For today's FactCheck, Robin Davies unearthed data dating back to the early 1960s and sets the record straight on Australia's aid spending.
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Misha Ketchell
Managing Editor
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Top story
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Malcolm Turnbull looked as though he was on the podium reluctantly at Monday’s press conference in Canberra.
Mick Tsikas/AAP
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
There were several takeouts from Malcolm Turnbull's rather odd Monday news conference, which followed his Sunday telephone conversation with Donald Trump.
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FactCheck
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Robin Davies, Australian National University
We check the facts on how Australia's foreign aid spend has changed over time.
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Robin Davies, Australian National University
To find the data on Australia's aid generosity in the past, some detective work is required.
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Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation; Lucinda Beaman, The Conversation
In relation to this FactCheck on Australia’s foreign aid spending, the Reverend Tim Costello, chief advocate of World Vision Australia, said (questions from The Conversation are in bold): Could you please…
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Education
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Mark Onslow, University of Sydney
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Health + Medicine
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Rosemary Elkins, University of Sydney; Stefanie Schurer, University of Sydney
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Sergio Diez Alvarez, University of Newcastle
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Business + Economy
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Alexandra Wake, RMIT University
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Rick Sarre, University of South Australia
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Julian Meyrick, Flinders University
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Chris Honig, University of Melbourne
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Pep Canadell, CSIRO; Corinne Le Quéré, University of East Anglia; Glen Peters, Center for International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo
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