Oxfam works to bring emergency relief in Pakistan
International aid agency Oxfam is providing water and sanitation facilities to 30,000 households in the aftermath of the Pakistan floods.
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Abbott’s cuts to aid budget a broken promise to world’s poor
Coalition costings submitted to Treasury yesterday show Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has broken his promise to match the Government’s commitments on overseas aid, Oxfam Australia said today.
Asylum seekers: the way forward
A comprehensive regional approach to asylum seekers must be adopted by whoever wins the election if there is to be any hope of truly moving forward on this complicated issue.
Labor’s ‘cop out’ climate change policy spells another disaster for world’s poor
Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s announcements on climate change this morning further cement Australia’s position as an international laggard on climate change action and condemn the world’s poorest to continuing climate crises.
New law ends secrecy in oil, gas and mining industries
International mining companies, including some Australian companies, will now have to disclose all payments made to the governments of countries in which they operate, as the result of a new law passed by the US Congress yesterday.
No more empty promises: Afghans want to see real action now
The Kabul Conference to be held this week must be a turning point not another wasted opportunity, international aid agency Oxfam said.
PM must explain how new asylum seekers plan differs from Pacific Solution
Prime Minister Julia Gillard must explain how her plans for a regional processing centre in East Timor differ from the discredited ‘Pacific Solution’, international aid agency Oxfam Australia said today.
PM should focus on region rather than borders in asylum seeker debate
Prime Minister Julia Gillard should use today’s expected announcement on asylum seeker policy to commit to a broader, regional approach in an effort to create long-term, sustainable solutions for asylum seekers and refugees, international aid agency Oxfam Australia said.
West is proving a fair weather friend to the poor, by actor Bill Nighy
No one likes to think of themselves as a fair-weather friend. Being flaky in a crisis is not, after all, an attractive quality.
But much as they might try to hide it when they meet in Canada this week, the world’s richest nations are proving themselves to be just that to the world’s poorest people: unreliable at a time when they are reeling from the economic crisis, climate change and food shortages.
Tax the rich to save the poor
The G20 is meeting this weekend at a crucial moment. Weighing on the minds of G20 leaders will be the European sovereign debt crisis, the continuing depth of the US recession and the lack of public financing following gigantic bail-outs to prop up the global finance sector.