Oxfam Australia

Every day, people like nurses pay their fair share — while coal, oil and gas corporations make billions, pollute freely and leave communities and governments to cover the rising costs of climate disasters.

It’s time big corporations pay their fair share, sign our petition at oxfam.org.au/mbpp

 

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This Kris Kringle we’ve got you covered. Give a gift that’s punny, fits the spend limit AND does great for communities across the globe! Check out our gifting guide today and get ahead of the Christmas rush: unwrapped.oxfam.org.au/blogs/all/se...

#Cop30 starts today in Belem, and it is at a vital point in our climate crisis. COP is the annual UN climate summit to negotiate climate change solutions, it is an important time for the global climate crisis communities come together and find solutions. Keep an eye out for #COP30 content here!

Make Big Polluters Pay Tell the Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen to make big polluters pay while everyday people are paying the price of climate change.

These disasters hitting the Philippines are yet another example of vulnerable communities bearing the brunt of extreme weather exacerbated by the climate crisis. It's time to say enough and it's time to Make Big Polluters Pay their fair share, sign out petition here: Oxfam.org.au/mbpp. (3/3)

On Sunday, Super Typhoon Fung-wong made landfall, already leaving at least two people dead. Oxfam and its partners are starting to deliver aid to those in need. (2/3)

You can read the initial media release @ media.oxfam.org.au/2025/11/oxfa...

Super Typhoon Fung-wong makes landfall in the Philippines The massive storm has already left at least two people dead and forced more than a million people to evacuate from flood and landslide-prone areas.

REACTION: Last week, Typhoon Kalmaegi hit the Philippines and Vietnam, affecting millions of people and causing widespread damage to homes, infrastructure and agriculture. The death toll is over 200 people. (1/3)

The richest 10% consumed half of all global energy in the last
decade while the poorest 50% consumed just 8%, yet face the worst climate impacts.
The math is clear: the super rich and historic polluters must pay for a just transition. #MakeBigPollutersPay today @ oxfam.org.au/mbpp.

REACTION: “No one should face starvation in 2025. Communities in South Sudan are resilient, but their resilience has limits.” Learn more: media.oxfam.org.au/2025/11/oxfa... 

Activists dressed as global leaders pose in hammocks by a big river on a sunny day. A clock that says 'climate crisis' sits between them.

SLEEPING ON THE JOB: Ahead of #COP30, Oxfam staged a Big Heads protest in Belem, Brazil to call out rich nations for their climate inaction❗️

#MakeRichPollutersPay

Make Big Polluters Pay Tell the Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen to make big polluters pay while everyday people are paying the price of climate change.

Head to Oxfam.org.au/mbpp to #MakeBigPollutersPay

Since Oct 2023, 70-90% of Gaza's electricity networks and solar installations have been destroyed.
2.2million people are in the dark.
Still, Palestinians are building solutions.
Justice means dismantling the occupation and rebuilding energy systems that serve life.

The shift to renewable energy is here. But unless we change how it's done, it will repeat the same exploitation that created climate colonialism.
Polluters must pay. Energy must serve life, not corporations. Head to Oxfam.org.au/mbpp to #MakeBigPollutersPay.

The shift to renewable energy is here. But unless we change how it's done, it will repeat the same exploitation that created climate colonialism.
Polluters must pay. Energy must serve life, not corporations.
Head to oxfam.org.au/mbpp to Make Big Polluters Pay today! #MakeBigPollutersPay

Australian nurses paid $7 billion more tax than coal, oil and gas corporations between 2013–2024.
When big polluters dodge paying tax, ordinary people cover the costs. Demand corporations pay their fair share at oxfam.org.au/mbpp today!
*Source: The Australia Institute

About TREATY for Victoria | The First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria Treaty is our opportunity to make sure we – the Traditional Owners of these lands – always have the freedom and power to make the decisions that affect our communities, our culture, and our Country.

Learn more about this incredible milestone at First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria website, firstpeoplesvic.org/treaty/

About TREATY for Victoria | The First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria Treaty is our opportunity to make sure we – the Traditional Owners of these lands – always have the freedom and power to make the decisions that affect our communities, our culture, and our Country.

This body will ensure that First Peoples are consulted on laws and policies that affect their communities.
Congratulations to the First Peoples of Victoria and their brave advocates over many years who've made this historic achievement.

BREAKING NEWS: THE TREATY HAS PASSED IN VICTORIA! ❤️💛🖤
History has been made! The Statewide Treaty Bill has officially passed, enshrining a democratically elected body for First Peoples (Gellung Warl).

Oxfam primary green background with images of a factory and a plane, with text reading "Every year Australian billionaires produce more climate pollution from their investments than is produced from flying a private jet around the world 6757 times" with "more climate pollution from their investments" in orange to highlight as well as an orange circle around 6757 to emphasize the number.

Ahead of #COP30 , @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's new report finds that, the average Australian billionaire emits more pollution from investments than flying around the globe 6757 times. This should not be acceptable! Sign the petition @ oxfam.org.au/mbpp to make big polluters pay. #MBPP

Philippines storm victims to seek damages from Shell in "unprecedented" climate claim The case is the first civil claim to directly link an oil firm’s climate impact to deaths and personal injury in the Global South, its backers say

So incredible to see the people of the Philippines hold a huge multi-national corporation to account for their climate pollution and the damages it has on island communities.💚
Sign our petition at oxfam.org.au/mbpp to make big polluters pay their fair share

www.climatechangenews.com/2025/10/23/p...

Internationals agencies face heavy restrictions on flow of aid in Gaza - ABC listen It’s been only nine days since US President Donald Trump heralded a “historic dawn of a new Middle East” after securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Listen to Bushra Khalidi, our colleague from the Occupied Palestinian Territory talk to ABC about the aid supply restrictions here : www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

25 of the Best Corporate Gift Ideas Let’s get real for a minute — many corporate gift ideas end up collecting dust faster than the office printer. This year, give something that actually reflects your company values, gets people talking...

Corporate gifts made super easy!
With Oxfam Unwrapped cards, find your personalised, punny and tax deductible gifts.
AND your company funds real change, helping communities thrive while giving clients and teams a reason to smile.
Check our guide here: unwrapped.oxfam.org.au/blogs/all/25...

These tragedies are avoidable, brands must act now by joining the Bangladesh Safety Accord, and the Govt must require companies to prevent harm before it happens. (2/2)

Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 16, toll may rise, official says At least 16 people have died after a fire broke out in a garment factory and a nearby chemical warehouse in Bangladesh.

Our hearts are with the families of the 16 workers who lost their lives in a garment factory fire. Every worker deserves to come home safe.
(1/2)
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Have you had a chance to read our latest report yet?
You can read the report here:
www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/u...
You can read Leith van Onselen's take on it here:
www.macrobusiness.com.au/2025/10/to-i...

#oaureport #wealthtax #taxthesuperrich

Residents of Gaza have welcomed news that Israel and Hamas have agreed to a peace deal. But while there's optimism the bombardment may be over, there's also ... Aid agencies cautiously optimistic at news of deal to end two-year Gaza war | The World | ABC NEWS

The announcement of the first stage of a ceasefire deal in Gaza by all parties is a desperately needed step towards ending Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Listen to Bushra Khalidi, our policy lead in Palestine discuss aid in Gaza and the announcement below:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jcg...

You can’t protect civilians if you don’t protect aid workers. We back DFAT’s cross-regional push and call on governments to endorse the Declaration ahead of #UNGA80. Practical action matters. #ProtectAidWorkers

The National Climate Risk Assessment reminded us of the devastation we risk here in Australia by not acting fast enough to cut climate pollution. The devastation will be worse for people living in poverty in low-income countries. We simply must do more to avert disaster. (5/5)

Australia has the sun, wind and water to be a renewable energy superpower and we must move faster. We have the wealth and skills to support low-income countries to transition too. We simply must do more to avert disaster.
(4/5)

This is far short of Australia’s fair share of climate action and will cost lives, homes and livelihoods. We must all play our part to stop climate change getting worse.
(3/5)

It prioritises the profits of oil and gas corporations over communities who have to deal with the impacts of climate change like floods, bushfires and heatwaves.(2/5)