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International aid agency Oxfam Australia is calling on the Prime Minister Julia Gillard to overrule Foreign Minister Bob Carr’s decision to cut aid programs.

Almost 40 per cent of mums have had to leave their children at home unsupervised, according to new research released today from Oxfam Australia.

International aid agency Oxfam Australia has condemned the Australian Government’s use of sneaky accounting to cut back its support to some of the world’s poorest people.

The Australian Government has sent a strong message to mining companies that they must help rather than harm the communities in the countries in which they operate, Oxfam Australia said today.

The Australian Government has sent a strong message to corporations that they must pay their fair share of tax and avoid using other countries as tax havens, international aid agency Oxfam Australia said today.

International aid agency Oxfam has started an emergency response in the Philippines targeting communities hardest hit by Typhoon Bopha on the southern island of Mindanao.

Australia and other rich countries have failed to take meaningful collective action at the UN climate change negotiations in Doha to prevent and address the harmful impacts of climate change, international aid agency Oxfam Australia said. Poor countries will today leave the negotiations with little more than when they arrived, after civil society organisations stood […]

Australians would rather sacrifice their own Christmas presents this festive season and receive a goat, donkey or piglet that helps improve the lives of others, according to an Oxfam Australia survey. Oxfam revealed that more than two thirds of Australian women would prefer no presents this Christmas if a gift was given to a child […]

International aid agency Oxfam Australia has appointed Race Discrimination Commissioner Dr Helen Szoke as its Chief Executive, taking up the reins held for 11 years by Andrew Hewett.

Today’s introduction of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Recognition Bill into Parliament is an opportunity to build on the political consensus towards a referendum in the next term of government, Oxfam Australia said today.