New blueprint for engagement with Pacific region
International aid agency Oxfam has produced a blueprint for Australia’s new engagement with Pacific nations, as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd heads to Niue this week for the Pacific Islands Forum.
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Pacific seasonal work scheme ‘a winner’
Oxfam Australia welcomes the Government’s announcement today of a pilot seasonal scheme for Pacific workers.
Institute of Public Affairs misrepresents findings by Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Oxfam today welcomed the decision by the Australian Competition Consumer Commission to reject, for a second time, the tired and purposely misleading claims made by the Institute of Public Affairs that Fair Trade is not helping poor people.
Breakdown of trade talks a missed opportunity
The breakdown in trade talks in Geneva would leave the world’s poorest people increasingly vulnerable at a time already plagued with great uncertainty around food and fuel prices, international aid agency Oxfam said today.
Indigenous health blueprint presented to Government and Opposition
The Close the Gap coalition today presented the federal government and Opposition with a set of National Indigenous Health Equality Targets to address the 17-year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme a lost opportunity: Make Poverty History
The Government has missed a key opportunity to assist our developing country neighbours to cope with the impacts of climate change, Make Poverty History said today.
Australian immigration quota needed for climate change refugees: Make Poverty History
An Australian immigration program with a quota for “climate change refugees” is amongst recommendations in a Make Poverty History report, being launched today.
OceanaGold under renewed scrutiny for human rights abuses at its Didipio operation
Oxfam Australia welcomes the annoucement by the Human Rights Commission in the Philippines that they will investigate Australian mining company OceanaGold.
UN under more pressure as G8 leaders fail to rise to the challenge of a world in crisis
Oxfam’s response to the committements made by leaders of the G8 countries at the conclusion of the summit in Japan on 9 July 2008.
Climate: short-term reduction targets and adaptation funding are keys to G8 success, says Oxfam
The G8 leaders need to immediately agree short-term targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 or tip the balance irreversibly towards dangerous climate change.