Search - aboriginal affairs

1. Miller Pathways celebrate Families Week
(Daily News/Blog)

... activities, information stalls and much more. The day also included a literacy corner with an Aboriginal focus run by an Aboriginal literacy program worker. The Theme of 2012 Families Week is Families ...

2. Working families losing grip on secure housing
(News/MA Newsletter)

... and young people including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who are homeless or are at risk of being so. * Names and images have been changed to protect the indentities of the people we help.  ...

3. Young Aboriginals keener to find work than their non-Aboriginal peers
(Daily News/Blog)

A Mission Australia survey has found that young Aboriginal Australians are more likely to value getting a job than their non-Aboriginal counterparts. More than one-in-three young Aboriginal people considered ...

4. Our partners
(Partnerships/Major Corporate and Community Partners)

... founder of Sydney City Mission in 1862 and the two organisations continue to work together today. With the AMP Foundation’s support, Mission Australia has also appointed a national adviser for aboriginal ...

5. Lead experts
(Pathways/About Us)

... Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), which challenged us to more actively engage Aboriginal people in our work. In 2011 our RAP Steering Group worked to embed policies into organisational processes such ...

6. Aboriginal jobs and development on the menu at VIC's premier reconciliation event
(News/Media Releases Archive)

MA Media Release, 24 May 2011 More than 250 of Victoria's business and Aboriginal leaders will meet to consider ways to tackle Aboriginal disadvantage and enhance reconciliation at the Taste of Reconciliation ...

7. 300 Melbournians to get taste of reconciliation on Sandridge Bridge
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... the Bridge Walks for Reconciliation. Sandridge Bridge and the surrounding area is significant to Aboriginal history in Melbourne and has been a meeting place of peoples and cultures for centuries including ...

8. Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
(Community Services/Community Services)

Mission Australia believes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders should enjoy a quality of life with every opportunity to succeed. Working closely with local communities - in metro, regional and remote ...

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

... poker machine reform.   Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Mission Australia also strongly supports reconciliation. We were the first welfare organisation in Australia to launch ...

10. AMP Foundation
(Partnerships/Major Corporate and Community Partners)

... three year partnership with Mission Australia in 2008 to support programs focused on aboriginal youth. The partnership includes support to enhance and expand the successful Dubbo Leadership and Cultural ...