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Standing up for social justice

Ruby Kraner-Tucci, Thursday, 20th April 2023 -  Changemaker Priscilla Brice founded charity All Together Now to address systemic racism in Australia. She’s now turned her attention to mental health as CEO of BEING, using her lived…

Regulator issues donation warning in wake of Türkiye earthquake

Ruby Kraner-Tucci, Monday, 13th February 2023 -  The Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) warns Australians to donate cautiously to charities supporting the earthquake crisis in Türkiye and Syria. As …

Your ethical gift-giving guide

Ruby Kraner-Tucci, Tuesday, 29th November 2022 -  Save your panic and support your community this silly season by choosing from a selection of socially-conscious gifts hand-picked by you. The days are getting warmer, colourful …

2022 federal budget wrap

Ruby Kraner-Tucci, Wednesday, 26th October 2022 -  The final verdicts are in, with climate, housing and families coming out on top, while the sector criticised a lack of funding for refugee services, NDIS and social welfare. The Albanese…

Oxfam staff cuts highlight struggles across foreign aid sector

Maggie Coggan, Monday, 4th May 2020 -  The organisation says it is struggling to stay afloat financially amid the outbreak of coronavirus   The foreign aid sector has been hit by a tsunami of challenges, sector leaders…

Zali Steggall calls for end to the ‘climate wars’

Luke Michael, Tuesday, 11th February 2020 -  “Let’s run a line in the sand on the past divisions we have had,” Steggall says A private member’s bill to implement a net-zero carbon emissions target by 2050 has been …

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Meet the man tackling the climate crisis head on

Maggie Coggan, Friday, 24th January 2020 -  As Oxfam Australia’s climate change advocacy coordinator, Dr Simon Bradshaw is fighting to protect the world’s most vulnerable communities from the devastating impacts of climate…

Aid groups unite for climate action

Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 21st January 2020 -  The charities are calling on the government to step up the climate fight  Some of Australia’s biggest charities have joined forces to deliver an urgent climate action plan to the federal…

Australia empty handed for global climate fund

Maggie Coggan, Tuesday, 29th October 2019 -  “This is a key opportunity for collective, international action and it’s disappointing Australia isn’t part of it.” Australian aid groups have slammed the federal government’s…

NGOs urge Australia to call out human rights violations

Luke Michael, Monday, 28th October 2019 -  Global reports say just 4 per cent of the world’s population live in countries that respect free expression and peaceful assembly  The aid sector is urging Australia’s foreign policy…

Leading through triumph and turmoil: Helen Szoke reflects

Maggie Coggan, Thursday, 15th August 2019 -  Since 2013, Dr Helen Szoke AO has been at the helm of Oxfam Australia, steering the organisation through not only some of the worst humanitarian crises of our time but internal Oxfam…

‘It’s robbing Peter to pay Paul’: NGOs dismayed by aid budget raid

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 14th August 2019 -  Australian humanitarian groups are frustrated by the Morrison government’s plan to redirect $500 million from the nation’s shrinking aid budget towards a climate change funding…

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