Or more accurately - Australian Foreign Minister - Alexander Downer is due to meet the Palestinian leadership later today as part of a two-day trip to the Middle East.
He is due to announce a $7 million aid package, including $3 million through the UN, to help families in Gaza and refugees in Lebanon.
see http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/06/27/1963031.htm
I wonder if this is yet another campaign to try and win the hearts and minds of voters who have relatives in those countries? After all it could be a way for the politicians here to save money for those of their constituents who have arrived in Australia and would have to provide the support for members of their extended families who are still in refugee camps back in the "home countries".
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