Federal Government plans to defund the peak National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services will exacerbate the appalling over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in prison, Close the Gap co-chair Kirstie Parker said today.
Kmart’s disclosure today of the locations of its supplier factories in Bangladesh is an Australian first and a crucial step on a journey towards better conditions for workers, Oxfam Australia said today.
Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Helen Szoke said the move was a ‘watershed moment’ for Australian retailing that would encourage transparency for the rest of the industry.
One month after super typhoon Haiyan tore through the Philippines, a new Oxfam report released today finds that a rapid response and generous international assistance has helped millions of people, but the relief and recovery effort has a long way to go – with many, especially in rural and hard to reach areas, still in need of emergency aid.
Oxfam Australia is saddened to hear of the passing of Nelson Mandela, an extraordinary leader whose immense sacrifice has inspired millions across the world.
Only intense public pressure can rescue a global climate deal badly needed to limit warming and avoid the worst effects of climate change, Oxfam said today as the UN climate change negotiations drew to a close in Warsaw.
Millions of people in the Philippines will go hungry in the coming months if rice farmers don’t receive urgent assistance after Typhoon Haiyan wiped out a third of the countries rice growing areas, Oxfam warned today.
Aid agency working closely with local partners and community leaders in unprecedented operation International aid agency Oxfam is working to help 100,000 people in desperate need of water, basic sanitation and shelter in the areas worst hit by Typhoon Haiyan. Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Dr Helen Szoke, said families were desperate for basic essentials like […]
Much needed aid is beginning to reach survivors of Typhoon Haiyan desperate for food, water and medicine, after a marked improvement in access to roads, seaports and air strips, Oxfam said today. Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Helen Szoke, currently in the Philippines said aid was now getting through to those in need of basic supplies. […]
The Australian Government’s $20 million funding increase for the Typhoon response – bringing its overall contribution to $30 million – is a welcome and much needed injection into the massive relief effort under way in the Philippines, Oxfam Australia said today. Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Helen Szoke, speaking from Cebu, said the $30 million from […]
Oxfam Australia’s Chief Executive Helen Szoke flies to the Philippines this morning to assist in the agency’s massive relief effort that aims to reach half a million people.