Two recent incidents have called into question the role of Australia’s foreign aid program. Indonesia raised eyebrows last week, after spending over $430 million AUD on attack helicopters in the same year they accepted over $316 million in foreign aid from Australia. That same week, we also heard of Foreign Minister Julie Bishop’s notice to the Palestinian Authority, seeking clarification that taxpayers’ money sent to that government is not being used to fund periodic ‘martyrdom payments’ of $4,600 to the families of terrorists.