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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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Volunteer spotlight: Judy Warrell, supporter since 1979
Judy Warrell has been a volunteer with Oxfam Australia (originally known as Community Aid Abroad) since 1979. Here's a snapshot...
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Story Bridge turns Oxfam green
Brisbane's iconic Story Bridge has turned green for Oxfam to highlight the world-first Oxfam Trailwalker 55km event. With events all...
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First-hand account: violence in South Sudan
South Sudan is again in the throes of extreme violence. Close to 10,000 people have been killed and almost 400,000...
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Geneva II peace talks: where are the voices of Syrian women?
There is something almost surreal about the setting for the Syrian peace talks taking place in Switzerland this week. Montreux...
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Arms to Syria: A barrier to peace
The conflict in Syria is close to entering its fourth year. Ordinary Syrians are the victims of this humanitarian catastrophe...
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Australian mining company undermining democracy
Much has been written in the Australian media recently about the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The TPP is Free...
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Syria peace talks begin at last, but Syrian civil society and women sidelined
After months of postponements, the long-awaited Geneva II Conference to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria began...
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A time for hope for Syria
Oxfam campaigners are amongst the hundreds of diplomats, journalists, civil society and solidarity groups gathering for the beginning of the...
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Rapidly growing inequality is worsening poverty around the world
A new report from Oxfam sheds light on rapidly growing extreme inequality and how it worsens poverty around the world,...
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Australian aid an investment in security and prosperity
Details released today of government cuts to Australian aid meant that Australia would be investing less in security, prosperity and...
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Asking Julie Bishop to take a bite out of poverty
On a hot summer day in Perth last week, a contingent of Oxfam supporters from Julie Bishop’s electorate and myself...
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A hotter world is a hungrier world
Climate change will leave families caught in a vicious spiral of falling incomes, rising food prices, and declining quality of...
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