Responding to commitments in the ALP National Platform that Labor will boost Australia’s overseas aid program by a percentage of gross national income (GNI) every year it is in government if successful at the next election, Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Dr Helen Szoke said: “Today’s commitment made at the Labor Party National Conference is the […]
Responding to the Mid-year Economic Fiscal Outlook, in which there were no details on new aid commitments, Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Dr Helen Szoke said: “This was a chance to rebuild the aid budget at a time when the world is grappling with not just extreme poverty and crippling inequality but a climate change emergency […]
Responding to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s announcement of a $3 billion infrastructure funding boost in the Pacific region, Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Dr Helen Szoke said: “While we welcome the Government’s renewed focus on our Pacific neighbours, this announced funding package shouldn’t come at a cost to other vulnerable communities around the world who rely […]
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 […]