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VOICES FOR GAZA: Names of 17,000 Palestinian children killed by Israel honoured by prominent Australians in 24-hour vigil on Parliament Lawns

Hosted by Action Aid Australia, Amnesty International Australia, Caritas, ChildFund Australia, MAA International, Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF), Oxfam Australia, Plan International Australia, Save the Children Australia. For 24 hours, Members of Parliament, doctors, journalists, academics, actors, writers, and community members will read the names of over 17,000 Palestinian children killed in […]

Oxfam response to Yoorrook Justice Commission final report

In response to the final report of the Yoorrook Justice Commission, Oxfam Australia Acting Chief Executive, Dr. Chrisanta Muli, says: “Oxfam warmly welcomes the historic final report of the Yoorrook Justice Commission. We honour and thank the Commissioners for their years of tireless work uncovering the truth and pay deep respect to the many witnesses […]

GAZA: Starvation or Gunfire – This is Not a Humanitarian Response

Oxfam, alongside over 130 NGOs, calls for immediate action to end the deadly Israeli distribution scheme (including the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) in Gaza, revert to the existing UN-led coordination mechanisms, and lift the Israeli government’s blockade on aid and commercial supplies. The 400 aid distribution points operating during the temporary ceasefire across Gaza have […]

New wealth of top 1% surges by over $52.4 trillion since 2015 – enough to end poverty 22 times over, as Oxfam warns global development “abysmally off track” ahead of crunch talks

Oxfam condemns “private finance takeover” of development efforts, as over 3.7 billion people remain in poverty ten years after the Sustainable Development Goals were agreed. New Oxfam analysis unveils “astronomical rise in private wealth”. Between 1995 and 2023, global private wealth grew by $529 trillion – 8 times more than public wealth. Since 2015 Australia […]

600 days into war, Israel’s mass displacement campaign is entirely erasing Gaza – warns Oxfam

Since breaking the ceasefire, Israel issued nearly one displacement order every two days, strangling people into isolated areas, covering less than 20 percent of the Gaza Strip Israel has used mass forced displacement and relentless military assault to systematically force civilians into five restricted zones—hemmed in by military corridors and the sea—that now make up […]

New polling reveals most Australians find Israel’s denial of aid to Palestinians in Gaza unjustifiable, think government should do more: aid organisations

Australians overwhelmingly (82%) think that Israel’s deliberate blocking of aid into Gaza cannot be justified, according to fresh polling figures, with more than two in three Australians believing the Australian Government should do more to ensure civilians have access to food, water and medicine – including the vast majority of Labor voters. The polling figures […]

Aid let into Gaza “a trickle amongst a sea of need”: Oxfam

Reacting to the announcement that Israel will allow a limited amount of aid into Gaza, Wassem Mushtaha, Oxfam’s Gaza Response Lead, said:  “While some aid was allowed into Gaza today, it will only be a trickle amongst a sea of need. For over 70 days Israel has been starving the people of Gaza, depriving them […]

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