Mission Australia

1. NYS 2008 Queensland Summary
(Download:Youth Surveys)

Queensland summary from the National Survey of Young Australians 2008 ...

2. NYS 2007 Queensland Summary
(Download:Youth Surveys)

Queensland summary from the National Survey of Young Australians 2007  ...

3. Investing in Independence: Building and Evaluating Financial Literacy
(Download:Social Policy Seminars)

Jane Lawton, Mission Australia Northern Territory Operations Manager, and Gregory Mowle, President of the Financial Counsellors Association of Queensland, presented this seminar on promoting Financial ...

4. Investing in Independence - Jane Lawton
(Download:Social Policy Seminars)

... of Queensland, presented this seminar on promoting Financial Literacy.  ...

5. Social Policy and Early Intervention - Jenny Chaves
(Download:Social Policy Seminars)

... Queensland.  ...

6. Social Policy and Early Intervention - Ilan Katz
(Download:Social Policy Seminars)

... Queensland.  ...

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

... cent of all inmates. Of 190 receptions into NT juvenile detention centres (2007-08), 170 – or 89 per cent – were young Indigenous people. Young Indigenous Queenslanders are placed in detention at a ...

8. QLD Volunteer Opportunities
(Volunteer/Volunteer Opportunities)

... Australians across Queensland through a number of services. In Brisbane one of our most visible programs is Café One on Wickham (formerly known as the Community Café) in Fortitude Valley. The Café provides ...

9. Mission Australia Housing
(Housing/Content)

... about Mission Australia housing in general and housing in Western Australia, Southern Australia and Queensland will be posted shortly. For further information about Mission Australia, click here  ...

10. Sustainability
(Pathways/About Us)

... strategy and established a sustainability steering group to identify and coordinate initiatives Rolled out a sustainability pilot program in Queensland Made a commitment to measure our national environmental ...

11. Ambassadors
(Pathways/About Us)

... In alphabetical order... AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION PLAYERS ASSOCIATION The Australian Rugby Union Players Association is a proud supporter of Mission Australia. Players from the Wallabies, the Queensland ...

12. Tackling truancy - is cutting welfare payments an effective method?
(News/Media Releases Archive)

...    Similarly, I look at the Catherine Freeman Foundation’s successful Non-Truancy Mountain Bike initiative in Palm Island off the North Queensland coast. The Foundation made 15 mountain bikes available ...

13. I’m experiencing difficult personal circumstances that are making it difficult for me to find work
(Employment Services/Job Seekers)

... of Queensland, New South Wales, ACT, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. For more information, please contact the Mission Australia Australian Apprenticeships Access ...

14. Mission Australia Training Institute
(Pathways/Training)

... the Australian Apprenticeships Access Program (the Access Program) across many areas of New South Wales, ACT, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory. The ...

15. George Weston Foods
(Partnerships/Major Corporate and Community Partners)

... through Mission Australia’s Pathways to Prevention services located in the Inala and Carole Park areas in Queensland, the Liverpool local government area in NSW and Balga, Girrawheen, Koondoola, Westminster ...

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

In Queensland, Mission Australia focuses on providing pathways away from homelessness and pathways to strong families and healthy, happy children. Here are some of the services we provide in Queensland: ...

17. Pathways to strong families and happy healthy children
(Community Services/Community Services)

... Queensland, Pathways seeks to improve the opportunities and life chances of children by developing their social, communication and behavioural skills while enhancing the ability of caregivers to respond ...

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

... Downs ), Queensland (Toowoomba) and WA (Mandurah). Catalyst-Clemente Programme The Catalyst-Clemente programme offers a model of university to disadvantaged Australians. The programme uses higher education ...

19. Annual Review 2008
(Pathways/About Us)

... low-cost housing for those at risk of homelessness We extended our early-childhood prevention programs by delivering new services in Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales We placed more people in ...

20. The Mission Australia Story
(Pathways/About Us)

... City Mission) was established, making it the second oldest charitable organisation in Queensland. In 1860, Benjamin Short, a newly arrived immigrant from England, was appalled by the poverty that existed ...

21. Mission Australia congratulates Thomas Spottswood Australian Apprentice of the Year
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... study and work. To be eligible for the Australian Apprentice of the Year Award, Thomas first had to win his Queensland regional and state divisions. After completing an apprenticeship in Engineering ...

22. Increased rents create greater risk of homelessness
(News/Media Releases Archive)

One of Queensland’s leading providers of accommodation to homeless people has seen a continual rise in the number of people needing housing support as rents increase in the booming property sector. Roma ...

23. Talented young Indigenous people blaze new trail under IYMP
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... 18, from Berri in South Australia’s Riverland who is studying to be a doctor at the University of Adelaide’s School of Medicine Dallas Osborne, 17, from Cunnamulla, Queensland – a flautist who is ...

24. Australian-first study shows achievements of ground-breaking early intervention program
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... initiative, Communities for Children. Now in its seventh year of operation, Pathways has been made possible through the support of the Commonwealth and Queensland Governments, the Australian Research ...

25. Roma House - A new service for homeless Queenslanders launched in Brisbane
(News/Media Releases Archive)

A breakthrough Mission Australia service targeting the state’s most high needs homeless people was launched today in Brisbane. Unique in Queensland, Roma House in Spring Hill will provide a 24-hour, ...