The rationale is... it's a round number, and we need round numbers to defend Australia.https://twitter.com/SenatorSurfer/status/702336162472394752 …
@SimonJCowan @SenatorSurfer um, it's still arbitrary if you pick it based on someone else's arbitrary target
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@BernardKeane@SenatorSurfer no more so than 0.7% of GNI in official development assistance? 28 nations agreed 2% was a good benchmark -
@SimonJCowan@SenatorSurfer isn't the issue there that the need for aid is much higher than will be provided, so the target is an incentive?
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