Aussies happy to pay more for clothes

Almost 90 per cent of Australians would be willing to pay more for clothes if garment workers are not exploited.

Oxfam Australia's chief executive Helen Szoke said the survey of 1000 people showed Australians supported fair wages and safe conditions for garment workers.

She said 21 per cent of those polled were happy to pay more than $10, another 30 per cent would pay between $5 to $10, and 48 per cent would pay an extra $2 to $5.

The poll comes as an Oxfam scorecard reveals seven out of 12 major Australian fashion retailers are not publishing a full list of names and locations of overseas factories.

Bangladesh is the second-biggest supplier of clothes to Australia.

"Workers making clothes in Bangladesh are paid only about $A20 a week, and often work up to 11 hours a day, six days a week," Dr Szoke said.

"This is not enough for these women to lift themselves out of poverty."

Sunday marks the third anniversary of the collapse of the eight-storey Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh, where 1134 people died and hundreds of others were injured.