The Rudd Government has honoured its pre-election commitment and delivered a modest increase of $500 million this year in its contribution to making poverty history, international aid agency Oxfam said tonight.
Oxfam Australia will be watching tomorrow night’s delivery of the Federal Budget to see if the government delivers on indigenous health, climate change and aid.
Oxfam announces that up to 1.5 million lives are at risk in of disease if clean water and sanitation are not provided immediately to the survivors of cyclone Nargis in Myanmar.
Oxfam Australia announces that the organisation is accepting donations for the response to the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis in Burma.
Take a Coffee Break this Fairtrade Fortnight (3-17 May) and help change the world one cup at a time.
Oxfam Australia is urging people to take a Fairtrade Coffee Break from Saturday May 3 to help improve the lives of farmers in some of the poorest parts of the world.
Organised by Oxfam Australia and the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand (FTAANZ), Coffee Break encourages people to take a break with their friends, workmates or school with some great-tasting Fairtrade tea and coffee.
Oxfam Australia’s response to the annoucement from AusAid that the Government will contribute $30 million of assistance to the World Food Program.
Oxfam’s response to a meeting of the UN, World Bank, World Trade Organisation and 20 other agencies in Switzerland about the current food price crisis.
National Close the Gap Day (April 22) met with overwhelming public support, with 637 community events held everywhere from Mornington Island, QLD to Geraldton, WA to raise awareness about the need to close the 17-year gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and other Australians.
Close the Gap. Three words that symbolise decades of neglect and hope and goodwill for the future. Three words that remind us that the average Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian man does not live to see his 60th birthday. Three words that now represent an agreement between more than 40 organisations, state and federal governments that an unprecedented effort is needed if we are to achieve Indigenous health equality within a generation.
Indigenous health organisations are calling on the Federal Government to back up its commitment to closing the gap in Indigenous life expectancy with commensurate funding in the upcoming Federal Budget.