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Our Submission on Remote and Regional Communities
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Addressing the significant and entrenched nature of disadvantage within some regional and remote Indigenous communities requires a multi-layered, long term, community development approach. Such an approach 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 community development approach that supports long-term, sustainable positive change and incorporates flexible, innovative community services that meet community needs. |
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Our Response to House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Training Inquiry
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Mission Australia welcomes the Inquiry into successful youth transitions. Any efforts to enhance the successful transition of disadvantaged young people need to include integrated and holistic responses (addressing not only educational but other related needs) as well as provide opportunities to re-engage with education and training in flexible ways as required. Mission Australia would urge that the Inquiry consider an integrated framework such as that provided by Mission Australia’s Youth Employment Strategy in its deliberations on ‘successful’ transitions. Such a framework identifies not only the range of issues which are fundamental to ensuring such a transition but also provides a way of understanding the diversity of young people and where they may ‘sit’ along the transition pathway. Mission Australia would also urge that consideration be given to increased policy and programmatic support for training initiatives and transitional labour market programs which have been shown to be effective in enhancing the transitions of young people at risk of making poor transitions. |
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Our Response to the Commonwealth Gov. Discussion Paper - Increasing Indigenous Economic Opportunity
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Mission Australia strongly supports the Commonwealth Government’s major focus on the wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. To impact upon Indigenous economic participation positively and sustainably, Mission Australia recommends a holistic and integrated framework across all areas of social and economic wellbeing for Indigenous individuals, families and communities. Mission Australia supports innovate responses to Indigenous employment, such as Indigenous-specific employment services based on good practice principles and adaptable to specific needs and groups, increased Indigenous employment in resource economies in remote and rural Australia, the development of social enterprises and transitional labour market programs in regional and remote communities and public and private sector employment strategies to increase Indigenous employment quotas across all levels of government and the private sector. |
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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 and mental health. There is strong evidence that many people with a disability or mental illness are currently excluded from the Australian community in a range of areas of their life. This has both individual social and economic consequences, as well as negative consequences at the societal level. Critical to enhancing the employment of people with a mental health issue/illness will be greater collaboration and shared responsibility between governments and sectors (including mental health, employment, drug and alcohol, as well as training, housing, family support etc) where to date only limited collaboration exists. Mission Australia supports a National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy to provide a national framework for efforts in this area. |
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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 Framework for Protecting Australias Children.
We support the naming of the framework as Protecting Australias Children rather than the more limited Child Protection Framework and the nuances that this broader naming suggests. We would also urge that the final framework include explicit acknowledgement of the diversity of sectors and organisations actively involved in contributing to the wellbeing of Australias children.
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