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It has been over a year since the conflict in Gaza escalated — a year of families living without their homes, their loved ones or the basic supplies they need to survive.

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Obby stands smiling at the camera in front of some trees in Yawuru (Broome), Australia. Obby participated in the KAWC Roundtable in Broome, 2023. She is a proud Bunuba woman from Fitzroy Crossing.

February 14, 2024

Combining culture with technology: Obby’s story

Thanks to committed supporters like you, Oxfam proudly partners with the Kimberley Aboriginal Women’s Council (KAWC). At the Council’s November...

Canberra, Australia: Leanne Sanders pictured at Parliament House during the 2022 Straight Talk National Summit. Photo: Jillian Mundy/Oxfam

October 24, 2023

Visualising a brighter way for young Aboriginal women

The oldest living culture in the world is embracing 21st century technology to keep young people connected to their communities...

Canberra, Australia: Eve Bilsborough pictured at Parliament House during the 2022 Straight Talk National Summit.

November 14, 2022

Being a Straight Talk Intern with Oxfam in 2022

In July of 2022 I received a call congratulating me on a successful internship application with Oxfam Australia. The placement...

Kimberley Hunter, a proud Nyikina woman who took part in Oxfam’s Straight Talk summit in Canberra. Photo: Jillian Mundy/OxfamAUS

October 25, 2022

Telling it like it is: Straight Talk heads to Canberra

More than 50 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women from across Australia gathered in Canberra in August for Oxfam’s annual...

Members of the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Cultural Fishing, together with Traditional Owners, at Mystery Bay, NSW, on the morning of the hearing in Narooma in July 2022

August 9, 2022

Cultural fishing: Rights to an ancient practice left unprotected

Testimony by South Coast Aboriginal people has spelled out the cost to their communities from the refusal of successive governments...

July 6, 2022

This NAIDOC Week, join William Cooper’s long walk to freedom

By Alf ‘Uncle Boydie’ Turner (pictured right) and Jimi Peters (pictured left) While the name Nelson Mandela is known worldwide, few...

Naidoc Week 2022 Oxfam's History Working with First Peoples

July 4, 2022

Celebrate NAIDOC Week with Us

The first week of July marks the start of NAIDOC Week, where we celebrate the history, culture and achievements of...

Oxfam CE Lyn Morgain and David Jago - grandson of Aboriginal political activist and community leader William Cooper

April 28, 2022

Welcome to Ngapa!

Oxfam Australia is privileged to name our new head office "Ngapa" in honour of William Cooper.

April 11, 2022

From little things big things grow

We’re thrilled to learn that the film The Ripple Effect has picked up a major award at the Sport Australia Media Awards.

The traditional connection to land and waters is inextricably linked to the identity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

March 8, 2022

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...

May 31, 2021

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...

February 19, 2021

Beating COVID: how Aboriginal communities mobilised to fight the pandemic

When the threat of COVID-19 became fully apparent last year, First Peoples health organisations across Australia swung quickly into action...