A slight but surprising rise in aid spending and a rosy take on China are inside the covers of the 2020–21 budget.
Published daily by the Lowy Institute
Greg Earl was the deputy editor, opinion editor, national affairs editor and Asia Pacific editor of The Australian Financial Review. He spent more than a decade as reporter based in Jakarta, Tokyo and New York. He is a member of the Australia ASEAN Council board and the ANU Indonesia Project advisory board. He is researching a book about Australia and Asia.