The Rudd Government must use some of the pot of money left from its ETS backflip to help international efforts to tackle climate change, rather than redirecting international aid to help pay for Australia’s global responsibility.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s pledge to match the Federal Government’s commitment to foreign aid spending is welcome, but his plan to shift money away from Africa is a concern, international aid agency Oxfam Australia said today
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Oxfam is calling on Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan to push for a small tax on banks to raise revenue to help millions of people, at the G20 finance ministers meeting in Washington today (23 April).
A second Oxfam relief team has arrived in Qinghai and has delivered supplies to 2,000 earthquake survivors.
International aid agency Oxfam has begun distributing relief items to survivors of China’s deadly earthquake, including blankets for 2,000 people who are living in a temporary camp set up in a racecourse in the town of Jiegu in Yushu County, Qinghai.
The last of the 727 teams walking the 100km from Wheelers Hill to the Yarra Valley as part of Oxfam TRAILWALKER Melbourne 2010 crossed the finish line after 44 hours and 41 minutes, marking the successful close of the two-day gruelling fundraising event.
International agency Oxfam has sent out two teams of aid experts to earthquake hit Quinhai and Sichuan provinces. The teams have been sent from the agency’s offices in Lanzhou and Chengdu in Sichuan and the neighbouring province of Gansu
On April 23, Treasurer Wayne Swan will attend the G20 Finance Minister Meeting in Washington where the Robin Hood Tax will be discussed – a tiny tax on bankers that could reduce global financial instability and give billions to tackle poverty and climate change, here and abroad. Tell Treasurer Swan you want Australia to support […]
They’re off! 2,800 people are walking 100km in 48 hours for Oxfam Trailwalker Melbourne. Sponsor a team or follow their progress live with TeamTracker