Category: Campaigning for change

Fremantle Mayor Brad Pettitt recently joined Oxfam supporters to pose in a mock battle between bankers and Robin Hoods in a visit to Federal MP Melissa Parke, to campaign for the Robin Hood Tax. Read more »

This year, for the first time, Oxfam will be present at the Queenscliff Music Festival, as part of our Oxfam Summer project! Read more »

Oxfam Australia and Climate Action Hobart (CAH) gave a voice to people living in the Pacific Islands through a creative stunt highlighting the devastating impacts of climate change and the need to assist countries in adapting to climate change. Read more »

Should journalists treat the reportage of climate science and skepticism with the same unbiased perspective? A recent talk from the Australian Centre for Independent Journalism investigates this idea. Read more »

Our friends at the Robin Hood Tax campaign have posted an interesting talk from Professor Joseph Stiglitz on how and why the financial transaction tax would work. Read more »

Newly launched, the ONE campaign in the US are running a new project called Living Proof, which aims to tell the real story of incredible progress being achieved by some of the world’s poorest people. Read more »

As the UN met to decide if the world could halve extreme poverty in five years, 1000 students came together to hear from a variety of speakers working around the world to end poverty. Carrie O’Connor was there. Read more »

Here in the Oxfam office, we’re having fun with the new iPhone/iPad app from Save the Children. Read more »

Papua New Guinea has been one of the main recipients of Australian aid for more than 20 years. Yet in all of this time the percentage of population without clean water has remained at a pathetic 60%. Only two in five people have access to clean water – in a country that is closer to Australia than New Zealand. Read more »

Today, Friday October 15th is Blog Action Day – a day when thousands of online communicators, campaigners, bloggers, commentators and activists come together to talk about one important topic. This year, that topic is WATER, and it’s something we at Oxfam are concerned about, and working on. Read more »