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So you've heard about coal seam gas in the news but you're not really sure what it is and what all the fuss is about. Well here is the dummy's guide to Coal Seam Gas and the destruction of our land.
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Two weeks on from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy protest on Australia Day, 3Things spoke to Bianca Bond, an Aboriginal Australian Action Partner for Oxfam Australia, to give Aboriginal Australians a public voice surrounding the antagonistic events.
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The media have turned their attention back to Haiti. Will this assist the long road to recovery? Here you will find the very summary of Oxfam's new report to mark the 2 year anniversary since the devastating earthquake.
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We moan and groan about house prices in Australia, but next time you have a whinge, ponder this: in developing countries, women are responsible for most food production, yet only account for only 10–20 per cent of landowners. Filomena Tivanialevu, one of Oxfam's youth Action Partners, paints this dire picture of her homeland of Fiji.
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By most accounts it seems that the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, has drawn to close, not with a bang but a whisper. Negotiators managed to agree to agree later, in 2015 in fact, on a new climate treaty which won’t be rolled out until 2020.
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Today, our very own Clancy Moore joins environment campaigners and hundreds of young people from around the world at this year’s UN Climate Summit in Durban, South Africa to urge world leaders to act on climate change. What are the crucial 3 things that Australia must do in Durban?
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This week, in spite of all the opposition’s ‘blood oath’s’ and metaphoric foot stomping the Australian Parliament has passed the ‘Clean Energy Future’ legislation. There’s been loads of misinformation so if you’re a bit confused about it we don’t blame you – get the low down and what’s next here.
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This comical oversized Julia head was created for Oxfam to protest in Canberra last week. She joins a phenomenon across the world - groups of protesters in green tights and peaked hats have been spotted in prominent locations, not, as you may suspect, holding a Sherwood Forrest Convention (although scarily, this does exist) but placing pressure on governments to support a ‘Robin Hood Tax’. So what exactly is it?
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STOP PRESS! The Australian Government has announced that between the 5th of October - 30th of Nov, every single dollar you put towards an AusAid accredited NGO campaign for East Africa will be matched by the Aus Government.
This is a significant step and will create incredible funds to assist the Horn of Africa.
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I wasn't sure what a land grab was, but I suspected it was probably a bad thing. I had no idea of the horrific scope of land grabs going on right now.
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