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Australia’s aid strategy needs overhaul in light of White Paper

Responding to the Australian Government’s release of its Foreign Policy White Paper today, Oxfam Australia’s Food, Climate and Humanitarian Policy Advisor Steph Cousins said Australia needed to overhaul its aid strategy if it wanted to meet the paper’s vision: “We’re pleased the White Paper sets out an ambitious and confident foreign policy agenda that includes […]

Justice reform must be a national priority in wake of damning NT report: Oxfam

Responding to the final report of the Royal Commission into juvenile detention in the Northern Territory, Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Dr Helen Szoke said: “The Royal Commission’s final report has laid bare a distressing case study which is part of a national crisis. “The commission’s inquiry has revealed ‘systemic and shocking’ failures in detention, care […]

Oxfam shocked by GetUp footage of horrific living conditions on Manus Island

Oxfam is shocked by the footage released by GetUp this morning of the horrific conditions inside the closed immigration detention centre on Manus Island. The release of the footage comes on the back of a scathing new report released last night by the UN Human Rights Committee, calling on the Australian Government to evacuate the […]

Five steps the government must take to avoid another Paradise Papers scandal

Scandals involving the super-rich robbing the world’s poorest of much-needed tax revenues, like those revealed in the Paradise Papers leak, can be avoided if the Australian Government and others take five immediate steps towards tax reform, Oxfam Australia said today. International tax reforms have clearly failed, with new estimates suggesting that multinational companies artificially shift […]

Tax scandals demand action: Oxfam

The extent of tax dodging by some of the wealthiest individuals and companies around the world – including in Australia – has yet again been exposed by leaks and media reports that underscore the urgent need for tax reforms, Oxfam Australia said today. Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Helen Szoke said the latest reports of tax […]

The Torres Strait Islands Are Being Buried By Sea And Nobody Seems To Care

On the island of Masig in Australia’s remote Torres Strait, engineering officer Songhi Billy feels a sense of hopelessness as he watches his home being ‘eaten away’ by the sea. Meanwhile, across the Strait on Boigu Island, residents are watching the graves of their ancestors at risk of being washed away.  These are the confronting […]

Statement on Oxfam Great Britain allegations

Oxfam in Great Britain is treating allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation very seriously – including implementing a confidential ‘whistle-blowing’ helpline, a dedicated Safeguarding Team, and safeguarding contact points within countries. Oxfam works in more than 90 countries around the world, with thousands of staff. As an organisation fighting for women’s rights, Oxfam treats any […]

New mining policy could reduce poverty

Labor’s policy announced today that would require large Australian oil, gas and mining companies to reveal tax and other payments made to government authorities in the countries in which they operate has the potential to reduce poverty, and the Federal Government should match it, according to Oxfam Australia. The policy would require relevant companies to […]

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