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Posts falsely claim Australian foreign minister approved aid to Palestinian Authority

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Australia has long provided funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees, which helps vulnerable Palestinians .

Claims circulating online that Foreign Minister Penny Wong approved $20 million to support the Ramallah -based body for violent purposes.

In 2018 , Australia 's then-conservative government halted aid it had been indirectly providing to the Palestinian Authority .

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