Search - income support

1. “Gambling. If you have to lie, we need to talk.”
(Daily News/Blog)

... what our clients are feeling. What’s also clear about gambling addiction is that it does not discriminate. People from all walks of life, of all ages and all levels of income can be affected. “Our ...

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

With the price of homes for rent or sale rising faster than Australian incomes and rental vacancies plunging below 1%, we are seeing more working families on the brink of homelessness. There are a multitude ...

3. MA Housing funded to build accommodation for people with disabilities
(Daily News/Blog)

... the outcomes, and Yooralla will provide 24-hour support to residents. Operational since April 2009, MA Housing provides long-term social and affordable rental housing to low and moderate-income ...

4. Snapshot paints depressing picture of impact of homelessness
(Daily News/Blog)

... than those who had never been homeless (three per cent).  Adults who had been homeless were twice as likely to report that their main source of personal income was a government pension or allowance ...

5. Need for boarding house reform back in the news
(Daily News/Blog)

... boarding houses in New South Wales, accommodating over 5,000 residents. Of these, 31 were licensed boarding houses, with capacity to accommodate 687 people. Residents were typically reliant on income ...

6. Young mums are aiming for success
(Community Services/Community Services)

... and research we know that early school leavers – and teen mums in particular – run a greater risk of remaining jobless and dependent on income support well into their adult years. Mission Australia Manager ...

7. Gambling companies target young men, Lateline reports
(Daily News/Blog)

Monash University researchers say gambling companies are increasingly targeting young men with disposable incomes, ABC’s Lateline reported last night.  Lateline’s John Stewart said that young male ...

8. Snapshot of nation’s housing supply ‘depressing reading’
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... with the greatest shortages affecting low income earners – as “depressing reading”. Mission Australia says the National Housing Supply Council’s State of Supply Report 2011 reflects the parlous state ...

9. Staff on a mission all pull together
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... former ABC Learning centres nationwide. Mission Australia's affordable housing arm, MA Housing, was established in 2008 to help supply affordable housing to people on low-to-moderate incomes. It now ...

10. Sustainable growth
(Pathways/About Us)

... in need well into the future.   With a strong asset base, prudently managed investments and a diversity of income streams (including government funding, corporate sponsorship, donations and social ...

11. Calculate your household carbon price on new interactive site
(Daily News/Blog)

... by poverty and inequality, participated in the carbon pricing project to represent the interests of low-income households. To read the full ‘The Carbon Price and the Cost of Living’ report or a summary ...

12. Common Ground Sydney supportive housing initiative opens doors
(Daily News/Blog)

... Ground Sydney (CGS) offers a range of housing options for both homeless people and those on low incomes, complemented by a suite of on-site support services, in a purpose-built building. Based on...Sydney’s ...

13. NEIS helps Dang grow fruitful business
(Daily News/Blog)

... with income earned from operating a successful business.” Dang is one of over 6,000 job seekers in Australia each year who are assisted by the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme to help establish viable ...

14. Meagre dole payment doesn't just hurt the unemployed: Toby Hall
(Daily News/Blog)

... adequacy of the Newstart allowance is just one piece of the complex puzzle that is Australia’s income support system. We can’t hope to address it unless we tackle the system as whole, and that includes ...

15. ABC Radio Media Coverage: Expert rubbishes AFL’s pokies warning
(Daily News/Blog)

... would not cause the clubs to lose all of that $30 million income from poker machines. Hear Dr Livingstone on AM. Related coverage: ‘Kicking problem gambling in the ACT’ ‘Health experts call for problem ...

16. Supportive model to tackle homelessness in Sydney
(Daily News/Blog)

... aside for chronically homeless people, 10 units are for general social housing tenants and 42 are for affordable housing tenants – people who are generally employed on low incomes but are not eligible ...

17. More traineeships in Bellambi for people with disability
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... complete their training and can successfully transition to the open labour market,” Ms Bird said. “I believe that we can do better than a lifetime spent on income support for residents in Bellambi who ...

18. Prime Minister visits Alice Springs
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... and is supporting negotiations to buy back further licenses. The Government has also extended income management measures to Alice Springs, helping to protect children and vulnerable people by ensuring ...

19. Qualified support for government's trial proposal for teen mums
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... – if the trial is to be a success. “We’re also waiting to see what the government is suggesting for those parents who do have their income suspended. We’d be alarmed if they – and particularly their ...

20. Financial skills help steer young people towards a positive future
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... as low-income earners, rural indigenous participants, people with mental and physical disabilities, high school students, prisoners, unemployed, youth at-risk, migrants, and sole parents. Almost 4000 ...

21. Fighting the drop-out factor
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... many TAFEs have piecemeal student organisations, which means the most disadvantaged students often get the least support. "In an area like Broadmeadows with high unemployment and low household incomes, ...

22. Inequality is growing in Australia: ACOSS
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... of disadvantaged groups and people struggling on low incomes, which it says is leading to growing inequality in Australia. "The indications are that more people are hitting hard times and falling into ...

23. Australian charities join forces to change attitudes to bequest giving
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... play an important role in filling the gaps in services where government or society can’t. Without this income, the vital support services and research projects that charities deliver simply would not happen.” ...

24. Pathways to life and work-ready skills
(Pathways/About Us)

... ongoing income support for up to 52 weeks. Find out more at our Employment Solutions website. Our social enterprises Mission Australia’s operates several social enterprises - business ventures ...

25. Wagga Youth Connections (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... with health, education, employment, income and support services.  Information and advice on Homeless prevention to Community organisations, groups, Schools, TAFE and individuals Contact: phone 02 6921 ...