The ASX review of its disclosure rules for mining, oil and gas companies could lead to greater transparency in the sector, but should go further and include revenue transparency, Oxfam Australia said today.
As Australians gathered at barbecues, sporting grounds, or in front of television screens across the country for Grand Final weekend, half way across the globe, the latest round of UN climate negotiations got underway without fanfare in Panama.
Oxfam Australia has welcomed the Australian Government’s initiative to keep the Horn of Africa crisis in the spotlight with today’s announcement that donations to aid agency appeals will be matched dollar for dollar.
Oxfam Australia’s Director of Policy, James Ensor, is a delegate at the Tax Forum in Canberra, and available for interview on the Financial Transaction Tax (Robin Hood Tax), and an International Maritime Bunker Levee.
The improvements for Afghan women’s rights gained over the last decade are at risk of slipping away and could be lost in a quick fix bargain for peace, the international aid agency Oxfam warned today.
The Afghan army – and especially the police – are still not ready to properly safeguard civilians, international aid agency Oxfam warned today as 20,000 police have yet to receive training and the force routinely does not investigate civilian deaths at its own hands.
Australian food personalities from around the country including Julie Goodwin, Andrew McConnell and Mark Jensen are supporting Oxfam’s Shout the Horn, a new national fundraising initiative launched in response to the food crisis in the Horn of Africa where 13 million people are at risk of hunger.
In Australia and around the world, we are observing new global gold rush, but today it is in pursuit of land. Governments and investors are rushing to buy agricultural plots outside their own borders for future food supplies and as investments.
Kenya’s Prime Minister will be the first world leader to sign a ground-breaking Charter that would make deadly food crises like the one gripping East Africa a thing of the past
This week, Oxfam Ambassador Actress Scarlett Johansson visited Kenya to see the devastating impact of the drought in East Africa.