Big W’s next step
Big W Australia recently announced the next step in their commitment to a living wage for the women who make our clothes.
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Who is Naughty and Who is Nice in 2021?
Three major clothing companies in Australia – Lorna Jane, Myer and The Just Group - have failed to take the basic step of publishing key information about where they manufacture their clothes.
Climate justice is about more than emissions reductions
Funding required to support low-income countries to mitigate and adapt to climate change, also known as climate finance, as well as funding to compensate for its irreversible consequences, known as loss and damage funding, is more important than ever.
Bridging the climate finance gap on the road to Glasgow
It is essential that countries make commitments at COP26 that will limit global warming to 1.5°C and avoid devastating impacts to lives and livelihoods.
Australian Government must do more to support Afghan people
Article written by Anthea Spinks, Oxfam Australia Programs Director As the final US planes flew out of Kabul this week, the hopes of thousands of Afghan people to also leave their country were dealt a heavy blow. With the country now devoid of foreign forces for the first time in 20 years, what happens next […]
Keeping 1.5°C alive in the lead up to COP26
In August we saw the release of the report from the International Panel on Climate Change. It provides the latest information on past warming and future warming projections, showing how and why the climate has changed to date, and including an improved understanding of how humans have influenced the climate.
Volunteer Spotlight: Stephanie on Secondment
Stephanie Hill is a paralegal, completing a secondment from Corrs Chambers Westgarth, assisting in the legal team at Oxfam Australia.
National Reconciliation Week – a time for truth-telling
The First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria — established in an historic first in 2019 as the elected voice for Aboriginal people and communities in future Treaty discussions — has supported the Victorian Government to launch a truth and justice commission.
The hunger virus multiplies: Deadly recipe of conflict, Covid-19 and climate accelerate world hunger
A year and a half since the pandemic began, deaths from hunger are outpacing the virus. Ongoing conflict, combined with the economic disruptions of the pandemic and an escalating climate crisis, has deepened poverty and catastrophic food insecurity in the world’s hunger hotspots and established strongholds in new epicentres of hunger.
Oxfam responds to COVID-19 crisis in India
As India grapples with a deadly second wave of coronavirus, Oxfam teams are on the ground saving lives with vital medical supplies and food rations.
