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Australian consumers are being encouraged to be “good eggs” this Easter by buying ethically sourced chocolate to drive up demand for Fairtrade products and improve the lives of some of the world’s poorest people.

Responding to today’s reports that the Federal Government may consider cuts to the company tax rate, Oxfam Australia’s Finance for Development Manager Joy Kyriacou said: “Oxfam is alarmed by reports today that the Australian Government is considering cutting taxes for multinational companies, which are already at an advantage because they’re not paying their fair share […]

Tens of thousands of everyday Australians are participating in National Close the Gap Day today and sending a clear message that the community expects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health be made a national priority in the lead-up to the federal budget, Oxfam said today. Oxfam Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Program Manager […]

The personal stories of the mothers, fathers and children behind the incomprehensible number of deaths and displacement from the Syria crisis will bring the true impact of the conflict home for Australians today, with the launch of a hard-hitting online photography exhibition.

With at least 250,000 people killed in Syria in the past 5 years of conflict and more than 11.4 million forced to flee their homes, the Turnbull Government must step up diplomatic pressure to help end the nightmare war.

At least 60 million people around the world are now certain to face worsening hunger and poverty throughout 2016 because of El Niño-fuelled drought and crop failures. The international community can still help prevent an even deeper crisis, but it will take more speed, organisation and resources. Damage is hitting different countries in different ways. […]

Responding to the announcement overnight that BHP Billiton, along with Samarco and Vale, has reached multi-billion dollar compensation agreement with the Brazilian Government, Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Dr Helen Szoke said: “Oxfam welcomes the announcement of this multi-billion dollar agreement between the Australian mining company BHP Billiton, its partners and the Brazilian Government.  Oxfam has […]

Oxfam has ramped up its emergency response and is assisting more than 2,250 families from communities in desperate need of access to a safe water supply and toilets, following Tropical Cyclone Winston’s arrival in Fiji. Cyclone Winston left at least 43 people dead, whole communities destroyed, and 300 schools damaged or wiped out. More than 53,000 […]

Responding to ABC’s Four Corners program, Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Dr Helen Szoke said:

“Last night’s Four Corners program would have been eagerly watched by every Australian mining company CEO.

“It is a wake-up call to the industry. The vast majority of mine operations across the world have tailings dams and the most common type is similar to the one at the Samarco mine – at the centre of the disaster.”

With just under three weeks to go until the 10th anniversary of National Close the Gap Day, Oxfam is urging Australians from across the nation to get involved and register an event.