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If you’re in Melbourne, why not buy one of our freshly cut, specially grown pine Christmas trees this year?

Right now a staggering one billion people are living without clean water.

As the Ethiopian government issues an emergency appeal for food aid, international aid agency Oxfam is calling for a radical shake up in the way the world deals with food crises in Ethiopia and other countries.

There is enough food grown in the world for everyone. And yet we remain stuck in a food crisis.

Our correspondent Kate Thwaites is on the ground in Padang, reporting on the aftermath of the devastating earthquake.

Natural disasters have wreaked havoc across our region this week. Typhoon Ketsana tore through the Philippines last weekend and has since devastated Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos with floods that have forced thousands to flee. On Wednesday morning a tsunami struck Samoa after an earthquake struck just off the coast, and that night a deadly 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.

We need political leadership and Australia must push for states to start formally negotiating a tough treaty. You can help by writing to your MP and ask them to raise it with the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Add your voice to those who have already asked their MP to take action.

As you may have noticed things have changed a little around here! The Oxfam Australia website has been completely redeveloped and what you’re seeing now is the end result.