Oxfam Australia news feed: 'Opinion'

Deep injustice at the heart of climate change

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:27:00 +1000

The world is getting close to the time when a global deal to secure a stable climate for future generations has to be struck, writes Oxfam Australia's James Ensor.

Moving beyond emergency in the NT

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:48:00 +1000

It was amidst horrifying reports of child sexual abuse that the Northern Territory Emergency Response was announced two years ago this week.

G20 mixed bag gives grounds for scepticism

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:37:00 +1000

It is increasingly clear that while the global economic crisis is hitting developed countries like Australia hard, it is crashing through the borders of poor countries with ever-greater severity. Indeed, the World Bank has estimated that an additional two to four hundred thousand infants a year will die as a result of this crisis.

Global meltdown hits world's poor hardest

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:48:00 +1100

Buried on page ten of a World Bank Background Paper prepared for last weekend's G20 Finance Ministers' meeting was a sober but profoundly distressing statement.

End the greatest health divide

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:13:00 +1100

Each day that the AusAID Family planning guidelines remain in place, the capacity of Australian agencies to provide comprehensive reproductive health services to women and communities as part of our development assistance programs is impaired.

Rudd must reach out to close the indigenous health gap

Wed, 7 Jan 2009 14:09:00 +1100

A national strategy has to be shaped in partnership with Aboriginal groups.

Opportunity lost at Poznan

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:00:00 +1100

After two weeks spent in frantic negotiations over commas and semi-colons, the climate negotiations at Poznan have taken only the barest shuffle towards Copenhagen, and on some crucial issues - like the targets for developed countries - have actually retreated from Bali.

Remember the forgotten victims of the financial crisis

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:00:00 +1000

There are some forgotten victims of the Nightmare on Wall Street. Crises like the one we're experiencing tend to hit people living in poverty the hardest and it will be the case this time around. Developing countries will be hit hard, and people living in poverty in those countries the hardest.

Independent charity regulator is long overdue

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000

Andrew Hewett calls for Australian Charities Commission - Opinion piece published on ABC Online on 28/08/08

Sturt and Eagles join forces to Close the Gap

Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +1000

This weekend in the SANFL Round 18, Sturt and the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club are joining forces in support of their Aboriginal players and promoting the Close the Gap campaign, which aims to close the 17-year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.