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January 24, 2018

Change the date

As one of the most ethnically diverse nations in the world, Australia Day has become a way of celebrating everything...

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January 16, 2018

Help school the big brands this summer

You know the holidays are over when you starting seeing advertisements for 'Back To School' sales. Unfortunately, many of the...

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Rohingya refugees

December 20, 2017

We must not fail the Rohingya again

Oxfam International Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima, calls on the international community to plug the funding aid gap, and international leaders...

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October 18, 2017

For Australia’s UN appointment to have credibility, we need lasting reconciliation with our First Peoples

For Australia’s appointment to the United Nations Human Rights Council to have any credibility, the Government should address the significant...

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May 10, 2017

Budget 2017 fails the fairness test

Last night's Federal Budget was chance to act on rising inequality. It was a chance to champion fairness and to...

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March 8, 2017

Why the majority of the world’s poor are women

Gender inequality is one of the oldest and most pervasive forms of inequality in the world. It denies women their...

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March 7, 2017

8 reasons to support the International Women’s Strike on International Women’s Day

On 8 March 2017, International Women’s Day, Oxfam will lend its voice to thousands of women and women’s organizations around...

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January 17, 2017

It’s time to target the obscene profits of the super-rich

Just eight billionaires are as wealthy as the poorest half of humanity, showing that the global inequality crisis is more...

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July 22, 2016

Women MPs stride forward, but women’s issues remain lost

The cliff hanger Federal election has been a bitter-sweet moment in the ongoing battle for gender equity in Australia. Oxfam...

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Oxfam staff members gather for National Close the Gap Day

June 28, 2016

After 228 years, we need some vision

The current Federal Government promised a more proactive approach by placing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander affairs within the Prime...

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Inequality between the rich and the poor is showcased in this photograph of Tondo slum set against the cityscape of Manila, Philippines, 2014

May 6, 2016

Budget 2016: Do you know what’s missing?

Budget 2016, it had it all: “the economy”, bracket creep, innovation, nimbleness, agility, debt and deficit. Surely that’s everything, right?...

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December 14, 2015

The deal is done, now the real work begins…

The Paris agreement is a true landmark. It goes beyond what many thought possible only a month ago. It was...

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