The peak body for overseas aid organisations said without intervention, the consequences of the president’s decision ‘will be catastrophic’
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Australian overseas aid programs could shut, causing “unnecessary deaths and suffering”, in the fallout from the Trump administration’s decision to freeze foreign aid.
Workers have described “chaos” and “total panic” as they try to work out what the policy means. The peak body for overseas aid organisations said without intervention, the consequences of the move “will be catastrophic”.
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