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‘I want Ausaid to take over Dfat,’ Pat Conroy says

The dedicated aid agency disbanded by the Coalition should “take over” the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, a minister has declared.

We’ve gone past the age of unscrambling the egg and pulling Ausaid out of Dfat. I want the opposite; I want Ausaid to take over Dfat.

We’re out and proud about [aid] and we’re going to sing it from the rooftops.

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