Mission Australia

1. Social Policy Reports
(Document Downloads)

Mission Australia regularly publishes snapshots, advocacy papers and major reports on key social issues, including: families and children, homelessness, youth, social inclusion, poverty, employment, and ...

2. Our Response to the Commonwealth Gov Discussion Paper - Increasing Indigenous Economic Opportunity
(Document Downloads)

Mission Australia strongly supports the Commonwealth Government’s major focus on the wellbeing of aboriginal Australians. To impact upon aboriginal economic participation positively and sustainably, Mission ...

3. Towards new indicators of Disadvantage: Deprivation and social exclusion in Australia
(Document Downloads)

Towards new indicators of disadvantage is the major report of a project which has aimed to understand disadvantage based on the actual living standards and experiences of people in poverty. The research ...

4. Pathways to Prevention Project
(Document Downloads)

Australia-first study shows achievements of groundbreaking early-intervention program. The most comprehensive analysis of a major Australian early intervention program has provided clear evidence it reduces ...

5. Senior Research & Projects Officer - Sydney
(Work For Mission Australia/ Mission Australia Jobs - New South Wales)

... work will support Mission Australia to make a major contribution to the social, economic and political debate, in particular on behalf of low income and disadvantaged Australians. For full detail on ...

6. Mission Australia opens its heart in Campbelltown
(News/Media Releases Archive)

...  locals. And since the lion’s share of clothing we sell is surplus stock from the major retailers, this means we have brand new clothes on offer at a fraction of the retail price,” said Mr Dibley.  ...

7. Leading charities provide a new start for ABC Learning
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... and the majority of key senior managers will remain in their roles, providing continuity at the most senior levels of the company.  Accrued employee entitlements will be carried over to the new owner.  ...

8. Drugs, suicide and body image - the issues of most concern to young Australians
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Australia’s largest annual survey of young people has found that drugs, suicide and body image are the biggest worries for 11-24 year olds with one-in-four regarding each as major concerns. The survey ...

9. Feds should play role in urban planning to improve housing affordability
(News/Media Releases Archive)

The Rudd Government should play a more interventionist role in the urban planning of our major cities to improve access to affordable housing according to one of the country’s leading providers of housing ...

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

The Fogarty Foundation was established in May 2000 by Brett and Annie Fogarty. They have been a major supporter of Mission Australia’s Pathways in WA since 2004. The aim of the foundation was to establish ...

11. Mission Australia Funding
(Pathways/About Us)

... places around major and regional cities. Once a person signs up with a face-to-face fundraiser to support Mission Australia, they will receive a phone call within a few days to confirm their ongoing donation ...

12. Ambassadors
(Pathways/About Us)

... Smoky Joe’s Café retitled Honey, which won the Best New Australian Play 2008. Her wish is to find a producer for a major production of Honey. ANDREW 'Fishtail' FISHER Andrew "Fishtail" Fisher has ...

13. Internship Success - Alexis Bradshaw
(Jobs at Mission Australia/Graduate and Work Experience)

... placement in August 2005 and I worked full time until the end of November 2005. I can’t say that working for free was a major highlight of my field education placement but I can honestly say that completing ...

14. Graduate Success - Diana Nicholson
(Jobs at Mission Australia/Graduate and Work Experience)

Graduate Trainee Testimony – Diana Nicholson, HR Administrator National Office In 2007 I was involved in the inaugural Mission Australia Graduate Program. Having completed a degree in Commerce majoring ...

15. 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 ...

16. Research and Social Policy
(Research/Research and Social Policy)

Mission Australia regularly publishes snapshots, policy submissions and major reports on key social issues, including: families and children, homelessness, youth, social inclusion, poverty, employment, ...

17. Mission Australia launches Reconciliation Action Plan
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Mission Australia has become the first major Australian welfare organisation to develop a Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) – a strategy for how it intends to contribute to reducing the gap in living standards ...

18. Mission Australia Early Learning opens its doors to the Illawarra
(News/Media Releases Archive)

...  “We’re also a major Australian not-for-profit with 150 years of community service experience so people can be confident that everything we do has been planned with a view to supporting local communities. ...

19. Tenant Resources
(Housing/VIC)

... to contact them on or provide a date and time when they will be at home to allow access for the contractor. •    For major repairs and any insurance related matters, the Housing Manager may need to attend ...

20. Tenant Resources
(Housing/TAS)

... a contact phone number for the contractor to contact them on or provide a date and time when they will be at home to allow access for the contractor. •    For major repairs and any insurance related matters, ...

21. Tenant Resources
(Housing/NSW)

... to contact them on or provide a date and time when they will be at home to allow access for the contractor. •    For major repairs and any insurance related matters, the Housing Manager may need to attend ...

22. Mission Australia: tragedy if housing element of stimulus package not passed
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... the package’s commitment to building 20,000 new homes for social housing would make an enormous contribution to the government’s aim of halving homelessness by 2020. “One of the major reasons homelessness ...

23. P&O Cruises partners with Mission Australia for innovative community program
(News/Media Releases Archive)

P&O Cruises Australia is collecting reusable goods from its ships and donating them to one of the country’s major charities, Mission Australia, under an innovative new community-giving program. Two truckloads ...

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

... information that should make us sit up and take notice. While body image, drugs and family conflict are the biggest worries for 11- to 24-year-olds - with one-in-four regarding each as of major concern ...

25. Drugs a growing concern for young Australians
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... olds with one-in-four regarding each as major concerns – but it’s drugs that are increasingly weighing on their minds. The national survey, conducted by the charity Mission Australia, tested the views ...