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Middle East Crisis: the latest
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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Loss and damage finance: where the rubber hits the road for climate justice
Extreme weather events and increasing humanitarian need Continued inaction has created a climate crisis with more extreme weather events happening...
READ MOREWhat She Makes movement on IWD
Women everywhere should have access to period products, nutritious food and be free to exercise and move their body, allowing...
READ MORETime 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...
READ MOREIPCC 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,...
READ MOREWho 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...
READ MOREClimate 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...
READ MOREAustralian 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,...
READ MOREKeeping 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...
READ MOREVolunteer Spotlight: Stephanie on Secondment
Stephanie Hill is a paralegal, completing a secondment from Corrs Chambers Westgarth, assisting in the legal team at Oxfam Australia.
READ MOREFour things to know about Covid in the world’s largest refugee camp
Despite the difficult conditions in the camps, the Rohingya people seem so far to have escaped from the worst. However,...
READ MOREBeating 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...
READ MOREVoices — February 2021
With support and solidarity from kind, caring people like you, we’ve changed so many people’s lives for the better. Meet...
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