Oxfam Australia has called for the federal government to follow the lead of many local and state governments to shift towards commemorating rather than celebrating January 26. With Australia’s First Peoples continuing to deal with the consequences of colonisation, Oxfam’s Acting Chief Executive Anthea Spinks said it was pleasing to see the leadership shown by […]
Oxfam has today revealed that the richest 1% of Australians have accumulated 10 times more wealth than the bottom 50% in the past decade, as cost-of-living pressures bite and global inequality spikes. Published as political and business leaders gather in the luxury Swiss ski resort of Davos for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, Oxfam’s […]
The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) figures for Somalia, shows that Somalia remains on the brink of famine. 5.6 million people are now in crisis or worse levels of food insecurity and this is expected to rise to 6.4 million by March 2023, and 8.3 million by June 2023. By June 2023, the […]
More than half the population of South Sudan – 6.6 million people – are severely hungry, including 2.2 million people at risk of starvation. Yet the humanitarian response remains woefully underfunded and without an urgent increase in aid now, 7.7 million people or two-thirds of the population will face severe food shortages next year, Oxfam […]
In reaction to today’s UN 2023 Global Humanitarian Overview report, revealing that 339 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid – the highest caseload in history – Oxfam’s Global Humanitarian Director Marta Valdes Garcia said: “One in every 23 people around the world –the equivalent of nearly half of the entire population of […]
Oxfam is calling out fashion brands Zara and Jeans West for failing to commit to transparency by sharing factory locations and benchmarking garment workers’ wages, as retailers prepare for Black Friday sales and the pre-Christmas rush. The two brands have been declared the ‘naughtiest’ on the anti-poverty organisation’s annual Naughty or Nice List, which congratulates […]
Responding to the final communiqué of the COP27 climate talks in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Lyn Morgain said: “The establishment of a loss and damage fund is a monumental achievement for vulnerable developing countries and communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis. They have been calling for funding to cope with […]
Australian scientific expertise and diplomacy should be at the centre of a new push to climate and conflict-proof the global food system at the G20 summit. A discussion paper released today marks the start of the summit and highlights a path to ending devastating widespread hunger. It is being released by Help Fight Famine – a coalition […]
The investments of just 125 billionaires emit 393 million tonnes of CO2e each year –– at an individual annual average that is a million times higher than 90% of humanity. Oxfam today published the report, Carbon Billionaires: The investment emissions of the World’s richest people, based on a detailed analysis of the investments of 125 […]
Oxfam Australia has condemned a renewed attempt by the NSW government to target, harass and prosecute Aboriginal cultural fishers who are already massively over-represented in fines and prosecutions. Ahead of the release of an inquiry report into cultural fishing on Monday, the government is proposing an amendment for debate next week that would expand search […]