Abstract
Hedged between military interventions in the Solomon Islands and East Timor, last month's Australian Agency for International Development white paper on Australia's overseas aid program received comparatively little media attention. Yet there has never been a greater need for a serious debate on the Government's approach to aid. Once the dust settles in East Timor and the Solomons, AusAID's paper will be a large part of guiding Australia's approach to assisting those countries.