IT’S week one of the formal election campaign, and all parties are in full swing outlining why they deserve our vote.
The amount of money Australia gives in overseas aid won’t be a defining issue of this election. Indeed, on Friday, the Federal Government yet again treated the aid budget like an ATM, announcing it would strip foreign aid to pay for its refugee deal with Papua New Guinea.
International aid agency Oxfam Australia says the Federal Government’s decision to yet again strip money from the overseas aid budget will have a devastating impact on the world’s poorest people.
International aid agency Oxfam welcomes Australia’s announcement of an additional $21.5 million in humanitarian assistance for people affected by the conflict in Syria.
The 10-year National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan released this morning by the Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, is a crucial step towards closing the gap on health inequality, the Close the Gap campaign said today.
I recently met Reema*, a 19-year-old Syrian girl, in a refugee camp in Lebanon. Back in Syria, Reema had her whole life before her. She’d just finished high school, and was about to go to university to study. She was eager to work and set up her future.
Oxfam Australia today welcomes Kmart’s confirmation that it will publish the addresses of supplier factories in all countries making its clothing, as this will allow independent checks of conditions for workers.
Australians’ urgent help is desperately needed by the Syrian people to help prevent lives being lost as the humanitarian crisis escalates with 7000 people fleeing the country every day, according to Oxfam Australia.
International aid agency Oxfam Australia has welcomed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s announcement of a new Minister for International Development.
Almost 70 per cent of Australians would pay more for their clothes if they knew overseas workers were paid a decent wage and that garment factories had safe working conditions, according to a new Oxfam Australia survey.
With a staggering 870 million people — or one in eight — going hungry on the planet each night, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the scale of global hunger and think it’s a problem too big to solve.