On Track to do it right
Opinion article published in the Herald Sun about the conduct of Australian mining companies in Papua New Guinea.
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Oxfam releases Journeys to Australia – refugee stories in film
Oxfam Australia has released an absorbing new film, Journeys to Australia, that profiles five refugees and their journeys to Australia.
AFL players from Adelaide Crows sign the Close the Gap pledge to help improve Aboriginal life expectancy
The Adelaide Crows kicked off the AFL season by urging the Australian government to commit to closing the life expectancy gap between Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians within a generation.
Australia’s first ever simulated refugee camp opens in Melbourne
Australia’s first ever simulated refugee camp opens to the public today in Melbourne. It will give visitors a chance to experience some of the harsh realities faced by millions of people around the world whose lives are affected by war and conflict.
Oxfam’s aid effort in Chad three weeks away from total shutdown
Oxfam calls upon the UN and donors to open up alternative land and air routes so that fuel and supplies can reach refugee camps that have been isloated by rebel fighting.
Australian mining companies need to develop a conscience
JUANITA Cut-ing is just one woman but her story, reported in The Age on Saturday, says much about the way mining companies in search of enormous profits have exploited people in the developing world. Cut-ing and her family live in a stilt home in the remote village of Didipio in the north of the Philippines, but their land is destined to make way for a dam to store waste from an open-pit gold and copper mine operated by Melbourne-based OceanaGold. The company says it will provide jobs and improved infrastructure, but its plans will destroy Cut-ing’s dream of passing her house and land to her children.
Oxfam urges Senator Wong to press United States to commit to mandatory carbon cuts
Oxfam has urged Australia’s Minister for Climate Change to press the United States and 16 other nations attending a climate change conference in Honolulu to commit to mandatory emissions cuts as well as substantial new funding to help poor countries adapt to the impacts of climate change.
John Butler dedicates his first official solo release “One Small Step” to Close The Gap.
John Butler’s first solo album, ‘One Small Step’, has been dedicated to Close The Gap, an Australia-wide campaign to narrow the 17 year life gap between Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians.
Aissa escapes war zones, finding safety in Oxfam Australia’s first mobile phone game
Oxfam Australia launches a mobile phone game in which a refugee character, Aissa, flees to safety with her family.
Close the Gap campaign update
The Close the Gap campaign ended on a high in 2007. At their meeting in Melbourne on December 20, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) committed to close the 17 year life gap between Aboriginal & Strait Islanders and other Australians.