. ▁ ▁However ▁budget ▁cut s ▁introduced ▁after ▁the ▁new ▁government ▁took ▁office ▁led ▁to ▁marked ▁redu ctions . ▁Exp end iture ▁was ▁reduced ▁to ▁around ▁$ 4 . 2 ▁billion ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 / 1 6 . ▁Further ▁redu ctions ▁were ▁introduced ▁in ▁following ▁years . ▁ ▁A id ▁sp ending ▁as ▁a ▁share ▁of ▁G DP ▁fell ▁from ▁ 0 . 3 2 % ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 / 1 5 ▁to ▁an ▁estimated ▁ 0 . 2 3 % ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 / 1 9 . ▁ ▁New ▁Col om bo ▁Plan ▁Month s ▁after ▁the ▁Abb ott ▁Government ▁took ▁office , ▁Bishop ▁announced ▁the ▁implementation ▁of ▁a ▁New ▁Col om bo ▁Plan ▁which ▁would ▁provide ▁under grad uate ▁students ▁with ▁fund ing ▁to ▁study ▁in ▁several ▁different ▁locations ▁within ▁the ▁Ind o - P ac ific . ▁The ▁plan ▁started ▁off ▁in ▁pilot ▁form ▁and ▁after ▁initial ▁success ▁the ▁full ▁program ▁was ▁rolled ▁out ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁IS IS ▁f igh ters ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁speech ▁explaining ▁the ▁Australian ▁Government ' s ▁measures ▁against ▁IS IS , ▁Bishop ▁compared ▁the ▁psych ological ▁under p inn ings ▁of ▁IS IS ▁with ▁that ▁of ▁Naz ism . ▁C iting ▁Eric ▁Hof fer ' s ▁sem inal ▁work ▁The ▁True ▁Bel ie ver ' ', ▁she ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁declared ▁C ali ph ate ▁drew ▁from ▁the ▁same ▁source ▁that ▁drove ▁the ▁masses ▁to