More than 120,000 people across Australia today are reminding our political leaders of their commitments to achieve health equality between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians by 2030.
Legislation that will allow a radioactive waste dump to be built on Indigenous land in the Northern Territory should not have been considered in the Federal Parliament until the Federal Court case contesting the use of the land is heard, Oxfam said today.
Labor’s leadership challenge was an action-packed drama, and the Cabinet shuffle no less spectacular, with the dramatic entrance on stage of Bob Carr as new Foreign Affairs Minister.
International development agency Oxfam Australia has welcomed the appointment of Bob Carr as the new foreign affairs minister for Australia.
The reconstruction of earthquake-stricken Haiti has proceeded at “a snail’s pace” leaving more than half a million people still homeless two years later, international aid agency Oxfam said today.
Australia’s narrow foreign policy and security interests can’t be the driving force behind its engagement in disaster management.
Millions of people in West Africa could be protected from a serious food crisis if preparations are scaled up across the region, Oxfam said today.
Negotiators at the UN climate talks have narrowly avoided a collapse, agreeing to the bare minimum deal possible.
It took the international “summit season”, a visit by US President Barack Obama and the prospect of a reversal on our ban on sales of uranium to India to finally put foreign affairs on the national political landscape.
International aid agency Oxfam says Australia must join with other countries to take strong action at this week’s climate change negotiations in Durban or risk pushing millions of people further into hunger and poverty.