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Oxfam Australia and A Just Australia. "A price too high: The cost of Australia’s approach to asylum seekers". August 2007.
Six years since the Tampa crisis of the 2001 federal election, urgent reform of Australia's asylum seeker policies is called for after a new report published 27 August found that the Pacific Solution had so far squandered $1 billion of taxpayers' money, exacerbated mental illness of refugees and was operating without scrutiny. » Download article [PDF 290KB]
Oxfam International Strategic Plan, "Demanding Justice" 2007-2012
We are outraged by the poverty and injustice in the world. We must challenge unjust policies and practices and we must respect people’s rights. The Strategic Plan outlines the joint work that we will do over the next six years as Oxfam International working together with our partners and allies. » Download article [PDF 1.8MB]
Oxfam International and the NGO Coordination Committee of Iraq, "Rising to the humanitarian challenge in Iraq". Briefing Paper 105, 30 July 2007.
Armed violence is the greatest threat facing Iraqis, but the population is also experiencing another kind of crisis of an alarming scale and severity. Eight million people are in urgent need of emergency aid; that figure includes over two million who are displaced within the country, and more than two million refugees. Many more are living in poverty, without basic services, and increasingly threatened by disease and malnutrition. Despite the constraints imposed by violence, the government of Iraq, the United Nations, and international donors can do more to deliver humanitarian assistance to reduce unnecessary suffering. If people’s basic needs are left unattended, this will only serve to further destabilise the country. » Download article [PDF 320KB]
Oxfam Australia's submission for the Senate Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Committee Inquiry into Australia’s Involvement in Peacekeeping
Oxfam Australia operates in many locations where the Australian Government has accepted responsibility for providing peacekeeping assistance. Our submission advocates for the Australian Government to develop a strategy to implement the international principle of the Responsibility to Protect, inclusive of all relevant government departments. Such a strategy would provide a clear policy framework for the deployment of Australian peacekeepers and hence satisfy the objectives of this inquiry. » Download article [PDF 140KB]
Oxfam Australia's submission to the inquiry into the provisions of the Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006, 22 May 2006.
The Australian Government proposed changes to refugee policy in 2006 to allow for all asylum seekers arriving by boat to be processed offshore. The Australian Government Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee called for submissions from the Australian community regarding the proposed changes – this is our submission.
Due to the broad-based opposition to this policy from the Australian community, members of the government opposed the legislation leading the government to withdraw the bill. The rejection of this bill is a good example of how the Australian community can have a positive impact on Australian legislative processes. » Download article [PDF 70KB]
Oxfam International, "Food crises in Africa: an overview". Briefing Paper 91, 24 July 2006.
The average number of food crises in Africa has tripled since the 1980s. This paper argues that current approaches to food crises are not working and that action is needed to tackle the underlying causes of hunger and to ensure that emergency interventions are more timely and effective. » Download article [PDF 270KB]
Oxfam Australia and Oxfam New Zealand. Bridging the gap between state and society – new directions for the Solomon Islands, June 2006.
RAMSI (Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands) has been hailed as a model for state building in post-conflict societies but this Oxfam report argues that the central challenge for RAMSI now is to help build a bridge between government and Solomon Islanders. » Download article [PDF 2.3MB]