International Aid & Development

Lee is the Australian Greens spokesperson on international aid and development and has a long-standing interest in this area, having co-founded Aid/Watch (link) in 1993. The Greens want to see Australia contribute its fair share to reduce global poverty and devote 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income to overseas aid by 2015. But there is much more to it than increasing the dollar amount spent on aid. 

Lee is campaigning to ensure that Australia’s spending on aid is transparent and accountable and that projects are not harmful for local communities or the environment. The key purpose driving the Australian aid program should be alleviating poverty, not promoting our national political and commercial interests.