In her last months in the portfolio, Julie Bishop presided over a cut to foreign aid, with the Federal Budget indicating it was on target to reach its lowest level ever.
The Morrison Government also courted controversy by announcing it was considering moving Australia's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
When Malcolm Turnbull was deposed as prime minister in August in favour of Scott Morrison, Julie Bishop resigned as foreign minister in the midst of what was a tumultuous year on the foreign front.
In her last months in the portfolio, she had been criticised over a cut to foreign aid, with the Federal Budget indicating it was set to reach its lowest level ever.
The foreign-affairs budget of $4.2 billion was refocused and frozen for three years.
Mr Morrison, then the Treasurer, focused on what he called the quality of new aid programs spearheaded by Ms Bishop, such as a new communications cable between Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
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