Oxfam has called on all Australians to mark January 26 with reflection rather than celebration, given the historic and ongoing injustices experienced by the First Peoples of the nation. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, today’s date marks the beginning of British colonial settlement in Australia, which was conducted without a treaty or any […]
In response to the Australian Government’s announcement of $5 million to support the response to Typhoon Rai (known locally as Odette) in the Philippines, Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Lyn Morgain said: “Super Typhoon Rai has caused immense devastation and extreme suffering for hundreds of thousands of families, just as they were preparing to celebrate Christmas. […]
In response to yesterday’s mid-year budget update, Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Lyn Morgain said: “Oxfam welcomes the Government’s commitments to enhance its partnership with ASEAN and invest in additional infrastructure for the Pacific. “However, the Government has failed to take the opportunity to increase or extend the temporary and targeted aid measures in response to […]
Oxfam has launched a new generation of Oxfam Unwrapped gift cards in time for Christmas, encouraging Australians to think consciously about their gift giving this year. The new gifts will help transform the lives of people living in poverty by providing life-changing essentials like food and clean water but also helping women entrepreneurs kickstart their businesses […]
A year since first Pfizer vaccine given, Sub-Saharan Africa has only received enough doses to fully vaccinate 1 in 8 people Campaigners from the People’s Vaccine Alliance say the refusal of pharmaceutical companies to openly share their vaccine science and technology, and the lack of action from rich countries to ensure access to vaccines globally […]
Oxfam Australia has welcomed the announcements made today as part of the Labor Party’s climate policy, which would increase Australia’s ambition on emissions reduction in the short-term. However, Chief Executive Lyn Morgain said there is a need for greater ambition to tackle this monumental problem. “This proposal, while an improvement on current ambitions, still does […]
Oxfam Australia has welcomed the passing of significant legislation by the Parliament that will help hold violators of human rights to account. Chief Executive Lyn Morgain said it was pleasing to see that the Magnitsky-style sanctions bill was passed unopposed. “This country by no means has a clean human rights record, itself. However, it is […]
Major fashion brands in Australia, such as Just Jeans, Lorna Jane, Myer and Peter Alexander, must be open about how and where they manufacture their clothes to help lift the women who make them out of poverty, Oxfam has declared ahead of the Black Friday sales and Christmas. As Australians start their Christmas shopping in […]
Demand grows for firms to share vaccine recipes and technology as billionaire pharma bosses convene for ‘Big Pharma Davos’ New figures from the Peoples Vaccine Alliance reveal that the companies behind two of the most successful COVID vaccines – Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna – are making combined profits of $65,000 every minute. The figures based […]
Oxfam Australia has called on the nation’s attorneys-general to urgently heed expert advice and international best practice by lifting the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years of age. The organisation’s Chief Executive Lyn Morgain said current policies nationwide were not in the best interests of children and were disproportionately harming First Nations […]