$500 mill to Indonesians

Anonymous

If your own country is in debt and the budget is in nega
tive, can you afford to give money away? How about the politicians agreeing to a pay cut, instead of a pay rise. I am sure we could save a few million there. They should spend money to educate people, who then can work out how to actually keep the budget a float! Every financial adviser always seems to say to get rid of debt. What is the treasurer doing? And what does Julia listen to?

david

it has been happening for years,they also receive all aircraft when the raaf buy new ones.i have made enquiries but no one seems to know.balenese are very poor people.but the government must be making millions of dollars per year.firstly from tourism,plus the freebees our government supplies.why?????????????

Twilight

when is the government going to spend money giving Australians free dental?

col001

Foreign aid has been happening for decades, possiably more. I think there are 2 reasons for foreign aid, first politicians tell us that it's about helping developing nations catch up to us. Secondly, and proberly more important, it's usually a bribe in order to get something they want.

In this case the problem is that on world standards, Australia's education is arguably falling behind. Make matters worse Gillard currently has an unfunded schools program sitting on the table.

annie

I think Julia Gillard should help the Australian people and pensioners before she helps Indonesia out.Julia Gillard has Tim to draw a bath for her,blow dry her hair and collect the paper for her and then his day is done and he watches her in parliament laying on the lounge

Anonymous

thats great but why doesn't she look after our country first seeing she is the prime minister

Ashar

All well and good. I am assume this is part of Australia's aid programme to developing countries. The only concern I have is that the monies are accounted for and auditable as corruption is rife in Indonesia.

Ashar

All well and good. I am assume this is part of Australia's aid programme to developing countries. The only concern I have is that the monies are accounted for and auditable as corruption is rife in Indonesia.

redrobin

there are many schools here in desperate need of all sorts of things, why not start here FIRST. Why is the INDONESIAN government not upgrading Indonesian schools?

freemon

stupid Julia, we need more beds in our hospitals around the nation. Indonisia, Kuwait and Saudi can give them they are muslim and they shold help their own brother
stupid

Anonymous

Anonymous

I cannot understand why our so called Gov't has to always send money overseas,it is either in the millions or billions and it always seems to be Asian countries.We in this country are in dire straits for extra funding in all facets in health,roads ,public transport rail and the list goes on.Now if they would just invest this money could you just imagine how much better off we would be as a nation.We as a nation have some 21,000,000 people and Indonesia some 200,000,000,let them look after themselfs.They must be thinking that everything will be alright,we will get the money from the suckers(Aust),well i say let them stand on thier own two feet,as a nation the Asians have been around a lot longer than the people of Australia have
.

david

australian has been giving funds to indonesia for years,for no apparent,i have inquired and get no response,did you also know indonesia gets all our airplanes the raaf has finished with for nothing.of course.i would think indonesia,especially bali would make million of dollars from tourism.where does this go.???

bruno

Its about time that this Government started to think about Australia. We have had floods, cyclones and they decide to tax ordinary Australians to pay for the repairs but at the same time give away OUR hard earned money to a Government who you can't trust

Martin

Any money spent to educate young Indonesians will leave them less vulnerable to brainwashing from al-Qaeda, or its Indonesian branch, Jemaah Islamiyah (look them up on Wikipedia). A bloody good investment for us.

silvester

silvester

I think Julia Gillard should hand over her pay instead of giving us another tax for her to donate over seas,also all these taxes to help out every state ,what state helps nsw .every state should be able to help there own state when things go wrong as we pay for it for ever

santaclaus

Why is this taxpayers money being spent to üpgrade ISLAMIC schools? why not put it to better use for OUR OWN schools? and education of our own children- why should we in Australia donate to foreign education when our children have to pay so much for "Free"sducation.

david

i really have no response,if i did do you think the australian government would listen,obviously NOT.a lot of australian ,s are suffering.but get little compensation.i think worst of all.australia's returned soldiers who have been injured in war and cannot work because of this receive a pension which just puts them above the poverty line.the government has been approached many times.both liberal and labor.both have promised this would be fixed if elected.both have broken these promises.instead sending money to indonesia.pathetic.we need help from the community to get these things done

gjhowell

Definitely fix your own backyard first

david

why is the australian government doing this.do you also know,when airforce planes are replaced the old stock go to where else.INDONESIA.pathetic

errolsyd

why is the australian government doing this.do you also know,when airforce planes are replaced the old stock go to where else.INDONESIA.pathetic

Charity begins at home julia.
READ THIS LIST AND YOU MUST ASK

IF THEY CAN AFFORD THIS SIZE ARMED FORCES
WHY DOES AUSTRALIA SUPPLY THEM WITH ANY FOREIGN AID?
INDONESIA'S ARMED FORCES BIGGEST IN ASIA
14th LARGEST IN THE WORLD

CONSISTS OF:
ARMY 350,000 plus 80,000 reservists
460 Heavy TANKS
1300 Light TANKS
190 Self propeled GUNS
1500 APCs
200 ARTILLERY Pieces
116 COMBAT AIRCRAFT Ground Attack, Helicopters etc

NAVY 67,000 Naval, 12,000 Marines plus 10,000 reservists
24 DESTROYERS
10 FRIGATES
44 CORVETTES
64 TORPEDO BOATS
28 LANDING SHIPS
7 SUBMARINES
250 AMPHIBIOUS TANKS

AIRFORCE 18,000
14 SUKHOI 30 FIGHTERS on order 24 @ $50Mil each
10 F16 FALCON FIGHTERS
10 F5 TIGER FIGHTERS
40 HAWK 200 FIGHTER/TRAINER
10 HAWK 100 " "
8 OV8 BRONCO GROUND ATTACK on order CASA CN235 G/ATTACK A/C
26 C130 AND LOCKHEED L-100 TRANSPORT
PLUS A RANGER OF HELLICOPTERS PASSENGER TRANSPORTS
We don't want our taxes going overseas when they are needed here. Indonesia has taken plenty of our taxes already with nil acheived. What has happened to all that cash that has already been given to stop the illegal boat people? Funny their arrival doesn't even make the TV news anymore, WHY? 300 mil to save forest. Remember the Bali bombers and bakar bashir no conviction, now he is on trial again his followers are saying it is us Aussies behind it. We will never change their minds!!! Australian taxes for Australians, while we have the greater need!!!!
MORE than 5800 households in Queensland had their electricity cut in the September 2010 quarter for non-payment of their bills.
Pensioners accounted for 1137 of the disconnections

Crazykat

Outrageous giving $500M to Indonesia to build Islamic schools.

This money could have been put to better use in Australia where health, education and affordable housing are in desperate need of funding.

Crazykat

Outrageous giving $500M to Indonesia to build Islamic schools.

This money could have been put to better use in Australia where health, education and affordable housing are in desperate need of funding.

Karen

The money would be better spent in upgrading our deteriorating health system. I belikeve this will now be happening but not before a lot of opposition to it. Namely the West Australian Premier Colin Barnett was totally opposed to this and was not prepared to come on board. At least something might be happening!!!

Karen

Not sure. While the cause might be worthwhile I'm not sure that $500 million should be going overseas. I think it would be better spent in our own country upgrading our schools before we consider giving money away overseas.

CAT17

Firstly let me say I am so pleased to be interacting with people with like mind to me. I sometimes think I am very critcal and cynical when it comes to this Gillard government, but I can see there are many people who agree that this government only seem to be interested in what Australia should be doing for foreign countires.The need is so great here in Australai for schooling, hospitals help for the homeless and the mentally disabled. How can a government justify handing out money, houses etc. when there a people sleeping in our city streets through no fault of their own. Why can't the government take care of our needy,particularly when so many are finding life hard. The fact that so much effort is put into minority groups and yet nothing into areas where there is crisis. What happened to compassion and justice for ALL Australians. How can the government ignore our own who need a house, schooling and medical treatment and yet go out of their way to house, school and in fact even pay people who should not be here in the first place. As for $500 m to Indonesia is almost criminal, that is far from a poor country, why can't they build their own school? The only way to change things is to vote this govenment OUT>

Rorie

it is nice that we help out poorer countries but what about helping the poor people out at home

Anonymous

I also think she should look at the Australian schools before giving to Indonesia. Who are we giving this money to? People who will be educated to hate all who aren't Muslims and bomb them when they come to their country?

joanie

i think julia gillard needs to look after her fellow australians who are doing it tough.
i live in perth and there are people living in cars with their children and cannot get any emergency housing ,
i think it is a disgrace.

Anonymous

I think indonessia is using australias liberty they should learn to stand on their own two feet and not expect us to get them out of trouble what do they do for us nothing not even exchange prisoners but are very harsh on them but indonesians imprisoned here live basically in luxury by their standards so live in the real world australia we need that money as much as we do

Kiwi chick

why is the australian government doing this.do you also know,when airforce planes are replaced the old stock go to where else.INDONESIA.pathetic

I have lived in Indonesia and knew people who dealt with the Aid money. Yes there is money wasted as corruption and incompetence is rife. However these people have nothing. I know of schools where the ceilings are propped up as the keep falling in or ones the get flooded every time there is a king tide. Even a very poor rundown school in NZ or Australia has 100 times the resources. The reason for Aid money is often political as in Indonesia's case there are Australia companies wanting to mine Indonesia's rich ore deposits. So often it is a trade off of Aid to smooth the wheels of business.

butterfly

I am sick of us helping them when they are so unrelenting towards us. They allow boat people to leave their shores, they will not allow any Australians to finish their jail terms here, they insult us at every chance they get. I believe that they treat us like shit, stop all help untill they realise that help etc is a Two way street.

blondie72

I am sick of us helping them when they are so unrelenting towards us. They allow boat people to leave their shores, they will not allow any Australians to finish their jail terms here, they insult...

I couldn't agree more butterfly! Besides, the only thing stopping them from 'trying' to invade our country is lack of finances and education! Lucky for us, we'd be severly out-numbered and in deep sh!# if they did.

babs

yes and if MISSGILLARD stayed home instead of flying of to suck up to every one else and put that money into the country that voted her in education and health care, to me we seem to be going back ward in stead of forward

19chris51

We need to think of Australians first, if all is well in our own country (backyard) fine, but consider this Ms Gillard,our education could and should be considered in need , our health system is faultering, and in desperate need of proper funding, the list goes on and on, tidy our own systems up first.

Anonymous

Lets spend that money on our schools and education. Let's not let our kids end up being the ones in need of constant help.

mistymae53

Indonesian people will be receiving $500 million dollars for education, but in South Australia adult education is to be slashed. Where does Ms Gillard's loyalty lay, not hard to guess! Ridding South Australia of adult education will save $20 million dollars, and don't tell me this is state don't wnat to hear it, Ms Gillard is Prime Minister, this is a social inclusions issue, it is her business to keep an eye on what is happening at state level, as well as federal level. Adult Education provides a safe environment for socially disadvantaged people to learn, and in many cases gives people a reason to get out of bed in the morning. I don't begrudge Indonesian people the right to an education, but I think Australians should have the same privilege.

blondie72

Indonesian people will be receiving $500 million dollars for education, but in South Australia adult education is to be slashed. Where does Ms Gillard's loyalty lay, not hard to guess! Ridding...

Here here, Lord knows they need adult education in SA!!

budga

This is so wrong on many accounts.I think we are the only country in the world who gives out money like water and forgets about the people at home.

Kitty

This is so wrong on many accounts.I think we are the only country in the world who gives out money like water and forgets about the people at home.

im from the uk and believe me, this isnt the only country that does that. we did it for years and we are now suffering the consequences.
that said, you also have to realise that the worlds wealth is tied up in nations like australia, the uk and mainland europe, and until recently the us, and a lot of that wealth is made off the backs of the developing world, so theres a moral obligation there to be not too tight-fisted with the proceeds.
my issue with both the uk and here is that money that should be channelled into the public services is squandered on utter crap, monitoring and administering unwieldy processes that are enforced on the population, in the way of many governments.

Anonymous

This is so wrong on many accounts.I think we are the only country in the world who gives out money like water and forgets about the people at home.

I could not agree with you more,this Gov't does not care for it's own people.

Anonymous

charity begins at home

Anonymous

Exactly aitch and everyone else that has commented here. When I first heard this, I was like whoaaaaaa you are kidding Julia???????????

i heard on tv that howard started this and julia just carried on, i think she would jump in the polls if she said no giving money away until aussie hospitals are in great condition.

jatz50

Exactly aitch and everyone else that has commented here. When I first heard this, I was like whoaaaaaa you are kidding Julia???????????

Exactly aitch and everyone else that has commented here. When I first heard this, I was like whoaaaaaa you are kidding Julia???????????