Oxfam Australia is campaigning to raise the country's overseas aid commitment to 0.7% of GDP, the UN target for 2015. This follows a modest increase in the Australian Budget last week:

Australia is a wealthy country – we need to do our fair share in providing overseas aid. We also need to recognise that climate change is already impacting on poor communities, making the fight against poverty even harder. We can only overcome these challenges with additional funding through mechanisms like a Robin Hood Tax. Australia is expected to increase its overseas aid commitment to just 50 cents out of every $100 we earn by 2015. Ask our Treasurer to commit Australia to giving our fair share.
Tell the Treasurer we can give more aid

The graph shows 2009 figures. The 0.29% is planned to rise to 0.34% this year.

Click the image to see the full story and graph. If your country is on the list, is it above the 0.48% average? What is its commitment for 2015? Is there an active campaign to get the government to reach 0.7%? If not, why not?

Stephen Smith, Australia's Minister for Foreign Affairs,  sees things differently:

We were very pleased in this year's Budget that for the third Budget in a row we were able to increase the allocation to development assistance and humanitarian assistance. The additional funds this year is some $500 million, half a billion dollars. So the additional increase to development assistance since we came to office is now more than $1.2 billion. We, of course, are absolutely committed to our election commitment to meet 0.5 per cent of gross national income by 2015-16.
Address to Make Poverty History Road Trip 2010