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Palestinian Territory, Occupied: Children and their families are returning to their homes or the remains of their homes to check the status of their homes. Photo: Alef Multimedia Company/Oxfam

July 29, 2010

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...

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July 29, 2010

Suparjo’s adidas story

In this film, Suparjo shares the challenges that he has faced since his unfair dismissal from an adidas supply factory...

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July 28, 2010

2010 online election

Most candidates in the federal election are madly Facebooking, Tweeting, blogging and even Foursquaring their way around Australia, but is...

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July 27, 2010

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...

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July 26, 2010

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...

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July 23, 2010

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.

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July 23, 2010

An explanation of the political system

Vibewire's electionWIRE teamed up with Hungry Beast's Kieran Ricketts to explain the political system, the political parties and the upcoming...

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July 22, 2010

PM Gillard on Australia’s foreign aid

Oxfam's Paddy Cullen asks Prime Minister Gillard her stance on Australia's commitment to foreign aid spending

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July 22, 2010

The Story of Cosmetics

The people behind the amazing Story of Stuff have teamed up with the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics to produce another...

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July 20, 2010

ACFID 2010 Federal election call to the parties

The Australian Council of International Development have released their 2010 Federal Election key asks

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July 19, 2010

Cow banks: a long-term solution

I've just returned from rural Takeo where I discovered what makes a cow bank work so well - and the...

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July 19, 2010

Haiti six months on: promoting public health

One entertaining way Oxfam have been been able to get the message out about public health and hygiene is through...

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