Oxfam director on Sky News about Pakistan floods
Andrew Hewett, Executive Director of Oxfam Australia, interviewed about Oxfam's response to the Pakistan Floods
BLOGS
Small actions. Big difference
Oxfam's Design 4 Change program has produced our fresh, new climate change postcard - tell us what you think!
Dragging large white letters around Melbourne
It’s hard to be inconspicuous on a Melbourne city tram when you’re struggling to keep hold of a human-sized ‘H’, but it's all worth it in the name of Making Poverty History.
Australia needs YOU! Overcoming the elephants and lies
UN Climate Tracker Phil Ireland met with the Australian Climate Change negotiators about the upcoming international climate negotiations and Australia’s role.
Australia the generous nation?
So where does Australia’s generosity rank in terms our contribution to making poverty history? The answer: a lowly 16th out of the world’s 23 richest nations.
Suparjo’s adidas story
In this film, Suparjo shares the challenges that he has faced since his unfair dismissal from an adidas supply factory in 2005. Suparjo hopes that by sharing his story, people in Australia and elsewhere will be inspired to take action and support the rights of workers in Indonesia, so that they can have better lives.
2010 online election
Most candidates in the federal election are madly Facebooking, Tweeting, blogging and even Foursquaring their way around Australia, but is this campaign actually going to live up to expectations and be a true digital election?
Walking for Climate Action – August 15, 2010
On Sunday 15 August join thousands of Australians around the country as we Walk Against Warming and tell the politicians it's time for them to face up to their responsibilities on climate change.
20 hours from Jakarta: another world
In mid May I asked for leave from my union activities at GSBI and returned for a fortnight to my parent’s house in a village near the city of Solo, Central Java. At the village I kept busy helping my parents in the fields. My parents are farmers and do not have any regular income. Their own land doesn’t yield enough to cover every day necessities. So to fulfil their daily needs they work as labourers on other people’s land. With their meagre income, my parents still support two of their children (my older sister and young sister), as well as three grandchildren (from my older sister).
Debt relief for Haiti (sort of)
Haiti is finally getting some relief from its debilitating international debt. Unfortunately, it’s also getting some more debt.
