Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham says his mission in Papua New Guinea is to work on development programs with a “real focus” on living standards.
“We’re here with not-for-profit organisations such as Save the Children, looking particularly at development programs on the ground in Papua New Guinea with a real focus on the prevention of infectious diseases,” Mr Birmingham told Sky News Australia.
“I met with Papua New Guinea’s foreign minister in a one-on-one meeting earlier this week to understand how Australia, as the largest development assistance partner to Papua New Guinea, is doing in terms of the effectiveness of the support we give. “To prevent childhood mortality, to increase living standards, to reduce the incidents of those infectious diseases.”
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