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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.

Lebanon: Oxfam working collaboratively to address the needs of displaced people in North Lebanon. Photo: Rima Nabouls/Oxfam

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July 25, 2018

Cotton On joins ACT Initiative

Cotton On made important progress by joining the ACT Initiative on Living Wages, which brings together brands and global unions...

March 27, 2018

Gorman take a step forward on transparency

After years of campaigning from Oxfam supporters, Gorman and Factory X have published the names and locations of their factories....

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...

October 30, 2017

You won’t believe What She Makes

Together, we’re tackling poverty in the fashion industry, demanding big clothing brands pay a living wage to the women who...

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Garment workers at Way Mart Apparels in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during a visit by Oxfam Australia Chief Executive Helen Szoke.</p>

August 17, 2017

Aussie fashion brands: what’s with transparency?

This year, the focus of our ‘Naughty or Nice’ list is transparency. But we know transparency in itself doesn’t automatically...

April 22, 2016

Be fashion forward this weekend (and beyond)

To be ‘fashion forward’ is to be ahead of the curve: not just in terms of design and materials, but...

A woman works on a Rip Curl Jacket in North Korea

February 23, 2016

Rip Curl on the search for transparency

A recent Fairfax Media report has indicated Rip Curl clothing was produced under harsh working conditions in North Korea. There...

Sumi Abedin pictured outside the Just Jeans store in Bourke St, Melbourne. Although severely injured, Sumi survived the Tazreen garment factory fire in Bangladesh by jumping from the third floor; she was in Australia last year highlighting the poor working conditions still faced by many Bangladeshi garment factory workers.

December 17, 2015

Naughty or Nice: The Aussie brands dodging workers’ rights

Two years ago Oxfam released its first “Naughty or Nice” list. We outed the brands who refused to protect their...

May 21, 2015

The good news and the bad news for garment workers in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is well known for the appalling conditions under which many of its garment sector employees have to work. Both...

What do you think of Just Jeans' response?

April 23, 2015

Just Jeans have a response for you

In the last week, thousands of Australians have asked Just Group a simple question: “When are you going to stop...

April 13, 2015

Stop the #heartbreakers

Australians love denim. 670,000 tonnes of the stuff in 2014 alone and with a $56 billion price tag. That’s a...

July 4, 2014

Woolworths shares a secret

Most clothing and footwear companies are highly secretive about the factories that supply to them. But, in addition to signing...