Category: Aid & development
Aid is one of Australia’s most important contributions to ending extreme poverty and inequality around the world.
A new Einstein could be living in Cambodia
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Last month, we held a competition to find out how important secondary students thought Australian aid is in building a fairer global community. The response was incredible. Read more »
Could the future of Timor-Leste be decided in New York?
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The United Nations Sustainable Development Summit will be held in New York next month and has the potential to change the lives of people around the world. Read more »
Australia: Show us the money to help end poverty in Addis Ababa
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Helping to end poverty and inequality, and supporting communities to tackle climate change – they’re the biggest challenges facing the world today. But at the moment, Australia is failing do its fair share on both counts. In July our leaders have an opportunity to change this. At the Finance for Development Conference in Addis Ababa, Australia […] Read more »
Another Unfair Budget for Australian Aid
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Our fears have been confirmed. The Government has made the worst cuts to aid in our nation’s history, showing that the poorest people of the world mean very little to this Government. They have set out a path for Australia – the second wealthiest country per capita in the world – to give our lowest […] Read more »
10 unique ways people are taking on climate change — and 3 things you can do to help
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From droughts in Australia to cyclones in Vanuatu, we’re all feeling the effects of climate change. But droughts, floods, storms, and other extreme weather affect some of us more than others. Discover what others are doing to battle the effects and how you can help. Read more »
Women and Australian Aid: building a path to equality, one brick at a time.
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Right across the globe, Australian aid is making a difference in women’s lives – to survive, to gain an education, to build a business, to lead. Right now, projects like Oxfam’s work in Zambia, which empowers women and builds their economic independence, are under threat because of the largest planned cuts to Australian aid in history. This International Women’s Day, call on the Australian Government to keep supporting those women by supporting Australian aid. Read more »
Rising inequality hits home for Australia
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Next year the richest 1% of people in the world will have more wealth than the other 99% of people. Australia can be part of the solution to global inequality – but it means not turning our back on the world’s poorest people. Read more »
We’re for Australian aid
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Welcome aboard! We look forward to campaigning for Australian Aid with you in 2015. All of us at Oxfam Australia know the incredible difference Australian Aid makes in people’s lives. We see it every day in classrooms, on small-scale farms and in emergency relief centres across the region and across the world. We’d love to […] Read more »
Save Australian Aid
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As part of the mid-year budget outlook (MYEFO), the government yesterday announced a third cut to the aid budget of $3.7 billion. This brings the cuts to aid announced by this Government to $11.3 billion in just one year. Read more »
Who’s carrying the budget burden?
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In a time when the world’s 85 richest people own the same wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion people, the Australian Government has announced a budget that will widen the gap between the rich and the poor, leaving many who need more, with less. By abandoning its commitment to aid, the government is choosing poverty and inequality over a more prosperous, secure and caring world. Read more »
