Oxfam Australia is urging some of Australia’s biggest retailers to immediately release the locations of their factories in Bangladesh, as the death toll from last week’s collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka climbs to more than 400.
Urgent Security Council action on Syria is desperately needed as suffering in the war-torn country increases by the day, international aid agency Oxfam warned today.
Oxfam Australia is challenging Australians to take up six practical actions to help ensure that everybody has enough food always, as part of the GROW Challenges initiative launched today.
The world’s biggest chocolate maker, Mondelez International, has committed to address the inequality facing women cocoa farmers and workers, following pressure from consumers as part of the international aid agency Oxfam’s Behind the Brands campaign.
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.
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. Campaign Co- Chair Mick Gooda has however called on those attending today’s COAG meeting to come together to forge a new agreement. “The $1.6 billion that made up […]