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When you support Oxfam, you help create a world without the inequality that fuels poverty. Here’s what that looks like for the communities we work with.
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What’s happening in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon?
On 15 January 2025, a temporary ceasefire was announced, coming into effect on 19 January. Here's the latest update on the situation in Gaza and the wider region.
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The votes are in!
Although the tally room madness won’t officially kick off until Saturday afternoon, here at Oxfam we’ve added up the votes...
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A whole lot of hot air
If you found Julia and Tony on the back seat of your car, what would you say to them? Australians...
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Pakistan floods: "The tip of the iceberg"
Oxfam Australia Emergencies Manager Richard Young talks to Channel 10 about the ongoing crisis in Pakistan. With torrential monsoon rains...
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World Humanitarian Day
Today (August 19th) is World Humanitarian Day, and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has produced a...
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A month of fasting begins
Wednesday was the first day of Ramadan - the Islamic month of fasting. For the next forty days I will...
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Bondi gets a Make Poverty History push
Oxfam intern Giselle Hall reports back on a recent Make Poverty History action on the streets of Bondi.
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The rise of the fairtrade ‘cool’ factor?
According to a three-part series on the history of coffee, even as late as the 1980s, coffee drinking in America...
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Pakistan floods: Sukkur, a city living in fear
As river levels begin to rise in Sukkur, the third largest city in Pakistan's southern Sindh province, anxiety also begins...
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Passionate teachers bring opportunity
I’ve been visiting Oxfam-built schools in remote areas of Stung Treng province. We went to monitor post-construction progress, while doing...
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Pakistan floods: Saving livestock while fleeing Sindh
Floodwater is approaching fast to the district Daud in Sindh Province. Oxfam staffer Mubashar Hasan offers this heartbreaking eyewitness account...
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Pakistan floods: An aid worker’s diary Day 5
Day 5 of Zulfiquar Ali Haider's diary from Pakistan. A public health engineer for Oxfam, he is in Swat -...
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Changing the status quo for women workers
Last year I had the opportunity to join in some leadership training conducted by the NGO Kapal Perempuan. I learnt...
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