Mission Australia

1. National Survey of Young Australians 2007
(Document Downloads)

... justice. Policies may need to be challenged. Structures may need to be questioned. Procedures may need to be changed. ...

2. Our Submission on Remote and Regional Communities
(Document Downloads)

... requires intensive work and partnerships across governments, community and the business sectors if sustainable change is to be achieved. Mission Australia recommends implementing a holistic asset-based ...

3. Rural and Regional Australia: Change, Challenge and Capacity
(Document Downloads)

This is a complex paper that examines non-metropolitan disadvantage in the framework of five key areas: economic capital; institutional capital; social capital; human capital; and natural capital. The ...

4. Catalyst-Clemente Program
(Community Services/Community Services)

... to understand or learn from. ” “I am more optimistic about positive changes being possible in the world. How is Catalyst Clemente delivered? Catalyst Clemente is a unique program which is delivered ...

5. We must act now to save a lost generation
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Australians could herald a worsening crisis. With resolve and sensible coordination of policy and effort, Australia can give many more of them the future they deserve. * Name and image have been changed ...

6. Governance
(Pathways/About Us)

The Mission Australia Board endorses the Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations established by the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) Corporate Governance Council.  Mission Australia is not a ...

7. Missionbeat: a Sydney icon turns 30
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... year. “We’ve seen a lot of change. Sydney’s rough sleepers are younger than 30 years ago. In the late ‘70s, most homeless people struggled with alcoholism. It’s still a factor but they also face a complex ...

8. The Fogarty Foundation
(Philanthropy/Our Personal and Family Philanthropists)

... receive Foundation investment are aimed at effecting positive social change. Find out more about the Fogarty Foundation Find out more about Pathways, WA  ...

9. The Viertel Charitable Foundation
(Philanthropy/Our Personal and Family Philanthropists)

... principals, Pathways workers, extended families, friends, and other service providers. The outcomes are recorded to track the changes and improvements that occur for the children and their family throughout ...

10. Community Services in Queensland
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... Circuit Breaker is a free, mobile prevention and early intervention service based in Brisbane’s northern suburbs. It supports families with children aged 9-17 and helps them make positive changes in their ...

11. Community Services in South Australia
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... to young people, aged 12-25, who live in Adelaide’s Southern Suburbs. Services include training, support and referrals. OYS operates out of Southern Youth Exchange in Christie Downs, the Reynella Enterprise ...

12. Community Services in Western Australia
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... program for 9-12 year olds in the Kwinana area who are at risk of truancy, anti-social behaviour or substance abuse. Kick Start Kick Start is a lifestyle change program for young people in Bunbury ...

13. Corporate Volunteering Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

... For the clients in our community services, lack of self-esteem and self worth is a major issue. Even though the support our staff provide does go a long way to help them make positive changes in their ...

14. Important Information for Legal Practitioners
(Donations/Bequests)

... include a bequest to us - that will change the lives of thousands of Australians - please talk to us about being included on our legal panel. While Mission Australia neither endorses nor recommends any ...

15. Making or Changing Your Will
(Donations/Bequests)

... changes to it. Wording your bequest Below are the three most effective options for including a bequest in your Will. All three options offer you the advantage of ensuring that the real dollar value ...

16. Corporate Partnerships
(Partnerships/Corporate Partnerships)

... with businesses, trusts, foundations and organisations to help support our work and change the lives of Australians in need. We work beside our partners to find innovative ways to capitalise on their ...

17. Strategic Partnerships
(Partnerships/Corporate Partnerships)

... Through our longstanding pro bono and community initiatives we harness the knowledge capital and resources of Freehill’s partners and staff to build a better community. Simply put, we aim to change the ...

18. A fresh approach in the mission to enable refugee and migrants to gain sustainable employment
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Work’ program in the City of Greater Dandenong aims to change that by offering these young people the opportunity to overcome their barriers and the chance to get a job with local employers. Importantly, ...

19. Australia's approach to Juvenile Justice must change
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Programs designed to divert young people from offending behaviour and entering juvenile detention can not only be more effective than putting a young person in custody but up to 50 times cheaper to run ...

20. When Gambling is No Longer Fun
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... discover their own ways to change and reduce the impacts. Poker machines are far and away the preferred fix of the problem gambler, even more so in rural and regional areas where pubs, clubs and hotels ...

21. Mission Australia welcomes Employment Service changes
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Mission Australia – one of the country’s largest providers of Job Network and other complementary employment programs – has welcomed the Rudd Government’s announcement that it will make a range of changes ...

22. The big issues facing our kids
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... them with the skills to resist drugs when they're older. Scare tactics aren't enough to change behaviour long-term. Worse, scare tactics can glamorise dangerous behaviour. We need to make sure anti-drug ...

23. Mission Australia welcomes Homelessness Revolution
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... – Mission Australia CEO, Toby Hall, said the report offered hope to thousands of homeless people and those at risk of homelessness. “The White Paper offers the chance of a revolutionary change in the ...

24. More connections for Whyalla's young people
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Katsiavos on 0427 396 531 or at the Whyalla office on 08 8649 2167, or Chris Rann at Rann Communication on 08 8211 7771. Mission Australia has been helping change the lives of individuals and families ...

25. The welfare experiment - an opinion piece from Mission Australia's CEO, Toby Hall
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... to 1000 families in 2008-2009. Another change is that the income quarantining measures that were part of the Northern Territory intervention were targeted at Indigenous families – a point of much contention ...