Time to respect First Peoples’ traditional fishing rights
Aboriginal communities along the South Coast of NSW face constant surveillance, harassment and prosecution for carrying out their ancient fishing traditions.
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IPCC report: climate change is already hurting the world’s most vulnerable
This new report on climate change shows that the impacts of global warming are not something in the distant future, but are happening now. In fact those suffering the most from these consequences are the ones who contribute the less to climate change.
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.
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.
