Mission Australia

1. Our Response to Commonwealth Gov Discussion Paper - National Mental Health & Disability Employment
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Mission Australia welcomes the discussion paper in the context of the Commonwealth’s broader social inclusion agenda, particularly given the strong links between poverty, unemployment, social exclusion ...

2. Our Response to Commonwealth Gov Discussion paper - Australia’s children: Safe and well
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Mission Australia welcomes the clear and early commitment from the Commonwealth Government to work with the State and Territory governments, the non-government sector and other stakeholders, on a National ...

3. Our Submission on Remote and Regional Communities
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... 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 ...

4. Youth Employment Stategy (YES)
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Mission Australia, one of the country’s leading providers of employment and training programs has launched a new blueprint calling for greater co-ordination between governments, business and community, ...

5. Caring in the 21st Century: Costs, Opportunities and Custody
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... families, employers, governments and communities in Australia.  ...

6. State and Territory governments must set targets to reduce numbers of young people in detention
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One of Australia's leading providers of services to disadvantaged young people has called on state and territory governments to set targets to reduce the number of juveniles in custody and increase alternative ...

7. We must act now to save a lost generation
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... local governments and schools to develop collaborative plans to keep young people in education or identify job opportunities. “We need to get away from prescriptive and bureaucratic approaches to youth ...

8. Mission Australia opens its heart in Campbelltown
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... more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment ...

9. Leading charities provide a new start for ABC Learning
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... the Australian and State Governments on their plans for the sector.”  In April 2009 Mission Australia acquired 29 former ABC Learning Childcare Centres and has since been successfully operating them under ...

10. Drugs, suicide and body image - the issues of most concern to young Australians
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...  “Over the last few years we’ve seen governments, welfare groups and youth agencies tackle the issue of body image in a much more concerted fashion and from this year’s survey results we think it’s beginning ...

11. New report shows groundbreaking homeless service is a success
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... CEO, Toby Hall, said the MAC's results provided governments and other agencies with a successful model for developing future homeless services. "When we built the MAC in 2005 we based our plans on our ...

12. Feds should play role in urban planning to improve housing affordability
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... state and territory governments had proven themselves largely incapable... of developing coherent urban plans that allowed for the integration of affordable housing. “As a result, in our urban areas ...

13. Pathways away from homelessness
(Community Services/Community Services)

... program that is part of the COAG (Council of Australian Governments) mental health strategy. The Personal Helpers and Mentors Program aims to provide increased opportunities for recovery for people who ...

14. Strategic Partnerships
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... programs like the Research and Policy Unit. “This Unit guides Mission Australia’s service delivery and supports their work in advocating to governments and influencing policy. Macquarie’s funding also ...

15. Australia's approach to Juvenile Justice must change
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... serious offences by close to two-thirds. Mission Australia has called on state and territory governments to set targets to reduce the numbers of juveniles in detention and expand the number of successful ...

16. Mission Australia welcomes Homelessness Revolution
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... governments, charities and businesses to do everything to reach these targets ahead of schedule – for example, I’d like to see us in a position to offer all rough sleepers accommodation well before 2020. ...

17. The welfare experiment - an opinion piece from Mission Australia's CEO, Toby Hall
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It seems the Northern Territory’s emergency intervention is coming to a state near you, and it’s arriving today. Similar to trials currently underway in the NT and Cape York, the Federal and WA governments ...

18. Drugs a growing concern for young Australians
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... also helps governments, educators and social policymakers produce information and develop services and programs for young people that are pertinent to their needs. “Close to 100 high schools organised ...

19. Mission Australia's Michael Project for the homeless launched today
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... We’re confident that the Michael Project will provide clear information to governments and policy-makers about how extra health, education and social supports can deliver better outcomes to homeless people ...

20. 5th Birthday for Volt Youth Enterprise Centre
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... the VOLT’s programs. The support of Federal and State governments and corporate sponsors had also been crucial in establishing and maintaining the VOLT as an important centre for young people, she said. ...

21. Spiralling fuel costs hurt Sydney's Missionbeat vans
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... Sydney’s inner city giving support to people in need. “Missionbeat gets funding from both the State and Federal Governments but we also rely heavily on donations to make up the shortfall…and as petrol ...

22. Young Australians wanted for national survey
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... Social Policy, Anne Hampshire, said it gave young Australians a voice across a range of issues with the information being used to help community groups and governments plan and develop youth services. ...

23. Affordable housing crisis a big issue for regional areas like Port Pirie, Port Augusta and Whyalla.
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... and keep a job, so they risk being caught in a spiral of unemployment and homelessness,” he said. “We’re urging Federal and State Governments, industry and the community sector get together to look at ...

24. Australia needs national uniformity on early childhood education and support
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... education. “Despite some good efforts by federal and state/territory governments, there are still too many holes and inconsistencies in terms of Australia’s early childhood system,” said Mr Hall. “Surely ...

25. Experiences of young homeless people make for a surprise
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... to governments and social policy makers that we need to put more resources into early intervention programs which can help overcome family conflict and stop young people from becoming homeless. Certainly ...