Oxfam’s 11th Trailwalker finished this morning, with 79 per cent of walkers completing the 100km endurance event. While most of the teams finished yesterday afternoon, Melbourne team ‘Dave’s Holiday Xperience’ stormed to the finish line in just 11 hours and 20 minutes, arriving at just after 6pm on Friday. The team – Mr Overend, 36, […]
Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Helen Szoke has expressed her sadness at the passing of a participant in the Trailwalker Melbourne this weekend. Dr Szoke said the deceased man’s next of kin had been notified. “I am saddened by the news that one of our participants passed away on Friday night and my thoughts are with […]
Oxfam Australia is deeply saddened and shocked at the passing of a participant this evening at the Oxfam Trailwalker Melbourne endurance walk. The Trailwalker participant’s next of kin has been notified. The Melbourne Trailwalker event is continuing. For enquiries contact Oxfam Australia Media Coordinator Anne Wright on 0411 035 695
A group of fourMelbourne men finished the 100km Oxfam Trailwalker in just 11 hours and 20 minutes today, and are pledging to walk all four Australian Trailwalker events in under 48 hours this year. The team, Dave’s Holiday Xperience, set off on the trail from Jells Park in Wheelers Hill at 7am on Friday morning, […]
The Close the Gap Campaign has welcomed the Federal and Victorian Government announcements that they will continue to fund critical Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health programs.
Melbourne’s 11th Trailwalker event will get underway this morning, with the first gutsy walkers set to tackle the 100km trail from 7am. Today, 750 teams of four will walk or run 100km of rugged Victorian bush from Jells Park in Wheelers Hill to Wesburn Park, through the Dandenong Valley Parklands to the Yarra Ranges. This […]
Federal, state and territory governments must recommit to crucial Indigenous health funding at this Friday’s COAG meeting, to ensure improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health can continue, Oxfam Australia said today.
A Victorian man will this month become the world’s first quadriplegic to enter the 100km Oxfam Trailwalker, tackling the 48-hour fundraising challenge from April 19 to 21 in a specially-modified wheelchair. Helped by seven Parks Victoria teammates, including Victorian MP David Southwick, Queenscliff’s Bruce Towers will travel on a TrailRider, a purpose-built all-terrain wheelchair, through […]
The continued decline in aid spending to help the world’s poor, according to new figures released overnight, underscores the need for Australia to keep its promise to increase support for the world’s poorest people, Oxfam said today.
International aid agency Oxfam says today’s landmark vote at the United Nations for the first ever global treaty to control the international arms trade is a significant step in helping to protect people and communities from armed violence.