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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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Make Tax Fair: Stage-three tax cuts
Oxfam has been part of a movement of organisations advocating against the unfair stage-three tax cuts, which would have deepened...
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“My mother taught us not to run when you are scared”
Berta Cáceres was brutally murdered on 2 March 2016. Why and by whom? Two months after her death there have...
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How exposed is your bank?
The big four banks could be endangering human rights and our environment. While we outline some positive first steps by...
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The ledger’s not good: the hidden costs behind our banks’ unreal profits
The big four banks’ ledger is not good. Last year, ANZ, CBA, NAB and Westpac announced the unreal combined profit...
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Big banks beware: there are now no excuses
Oxfam's new report describes how Australia's big four banks can construct an approach with zero tolerance for land grabs.
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Our banks need to listen and act!
Land grabs are not only plunging affected communities into poverty; it’s also bad for business. Shona Hawkes, Sustainable Food Advocacy...
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Banking on shaky ground: one year on
Communities unfairly forced off their land are plunged into poverty. They often face the threat of violence for speaking out...
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What has ANZ done (and not done) on land grabs?
People often tell us that the bank response to their email about land grabs is confusing and full of jargon....
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Seen 60 Minutes? Now put pressure on CBA and ANZ to adopt zero tolerance to land grabs
Together, we've been campaigning for six months to have Australia’s Big 4 Banks change their policies to land grabs. In...
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Two of the big four banks take action to respect land rights
Westpac and National Australia Bank (NAB) have become the first of the big four banks to release a policy on...
READ MOREHundreds of hours spent researching finance links
Over the course of a year, Oxfam has spent hundreds of hours researching and documenting links between Australia’s big banks...
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Why I wrote to my Bank
There’s something special about children’s movies that resonates in all of us……it’s the narrative that evil will never prevail…. Inevitably...
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