Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women from around Australia are heading to Parliament House on Wednesday 19 June for some ‘Straight Talking’ with female Parliamentarians.
As the United Nations launches its biggest ever humanitarian appeal, international aid agency Oxfam Australia is urging the Federal Government to increase its support for people affected by the Syrian civil war.
Kmart and Target’s decision to join a major Bangladeshi health and safety accord will help protect the safety of thousands of workers who make our clothes, according to Oxfam Australia.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women from around Australia are heading to Canberra this month for some ‘Straight Talking’ with female Parliamentarians.
Nahed is 30 years old, the same age as me. She’s married with two daughters, whereas I’m single. I go home to my parents’ house on the Gold Coast when I’m not working overseas. She’s also living with her parents again. But that’s only because they fled the civil war in Syria together and came to Lebanon.
Tomorrow’s launch of the Journey to Recognition is a chance to unite the nation in support of recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Australian Constitution, Oxfam Australia said today.
Australia must stamp out corruption by following the US and EU’s lead and forcing oil, mining and gas companies based here and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange to report all payments to governments in the countries in which they operate.
While mining has undoubtedly been kind to at least one woman, Gina Rinehart, the sector has an appalling – and often hidden – track record for hundreds of thousands of women in poor countries around the world.
The vast majority of Australian mining, oil and gas companies have no clear public commitment to gain the consent of Indigenous peoples before commencing projects on their land, according to a new report.
Oxfam Australia has welcomed the Federal Budget allocation of $777 million over three years to renew the national partnership agreement for closing the gap in Indigenous health outcomes, but calls on state and territory governments to follow suit.