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1. Junaa Buwa! Centre for Youth Wellbeing (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... misuse. The name Junaa Buwa! means “to declare a new beginning’” in the local Gumbaynggirr language. This Mission Australia service provides holistic three-month live-in drug and alcohol rehabilitation ...

2. Aim’n High (VIC)
(Community Services/Community Services)

The Aim’n High program is a collaboration between Mission Australia, Hallam Senior Secondary College and South East Local Learning and Employment Network. It aims to assist young mothers in the Greater ...

3. Children busy renovating in the playground
(Daily News/Blog)

We couldn’t pass up the chance to share this cute snap that recently appeared in The Lakes Mail of children at Mission Australia’s Cooranbong Early Learning Service (ELS) busy at work in their playground. ...

4. Geni’s story
(News/MA Newsletter)

... experience of a young woman who was helped by Mission Australia’s Wattle House. Geni* and her children were dropped at the border of Somalia and Kenya. From there, they walked for over a month to reach ...

5. Winter Appeal 2012
(Donations/Support Mission Australia)

... a home?” Brenda told us. “I felt so useless, so worthless.” In January, the Homeless Persons Information Centre referred Brenda to Mission Australia. Our team found Brenda and her children accommodation ...

6. Winter Phone Appeal 2012
(Donations/Support Mission Australia)

... a home?” Brenda told us. “I felt so useless, so worthless.” In January, the Homeless Persons Information Centre referred Brenda to Mission Australia. Our team found Brenda and her children accommodation ...

7. Society will be judged by how it deals with homelessness, researcher says
(Daily News/Blog)

An eminent US researcher into homelessness this week told guests at the launch of Mission Australia’ Michael Project report he believed our society will be judged by how well we supported homeless people. ...

8. Report finds new homeless service model saves money, changes lives
(Daily News/Blog)

A program aimed at tackling homelessness among Sydney men has delivered dramatic results while producing significant public savings, according to a Mission Australia report being launched today. Mission ...

9. Soulful Gabby takes out 2012 Urban Quest title
(Daily News/Blog)

Congratulations to 17-year-old Gabby Wright, who last night won Mission Australia’s Urban Quest NT youth talent competition at a National Youth Week celebration concert in Darwin. Gabby stole the show ...

10. Brother against sister in the Urban Quest Semi-Finals
(Daily News/Blog)

At 15, rapper and hip-hopper Brandon Folino-Driver already knows how to get an audience pumped – and that’s what he plans to do at Mission Australia’s Urban Quest Semi-Finals on Friday in Casuarina Square, ...

11. ‘We've got our son back’: parents praise DAYS in open letter
(Daily News/Blog)

... the help of Mission Australia’s Drug and Alcohol Youth Service (DAYS) service in Perth. DAYS is an integrated service incorporating Next Step (a government alcohol and other drugs youth service) ...

12. Deni Hines gives words of wisdom to Urban Quest singers
(Daily News/Blog)

Soul singer Deni Hines has passed on a few tips to young hopefuls competing in Mission Australia Urban Quest Semi-Finals on Friday. Hines is one of three judges who will select the top 10 singers to ...

13. Our new baby playgroup proves popular with Inala families
(Daily News/Blog)

Staff and families at Mission Australia’s Communities for Children service in Inala, Queensland, have celebrated National Playgroup Week at their free weekly Baby Playgroup. The Communities for ...

14. Miller kids to get their cubby thanks to The Liverpool Leader and you!
(Daily News/Blog)

Great news from Mission Australia’s Miller Community Preschool in Sydney! You may remember earlier this month we told you the preschool needed people to vote in Project Local through the Liverpool Leader ...

15. Twenty young Territorians set for Urban Quest semi-finals
(Daily News/Blog)

...  Kellie Streeter, who is Case Worker/Manager at Mission Australia’s Palmerston office and event coordinator, said the majority of semi-finalists were first-time entrants. “There are only a few familiar ...

16. Tireless Triple Care Farm volunteer honoured
(Daily News/Blog)

Congratulations to Lesley East, who last week received a New South Wales Seniors’ Week Achievement Award for her volunteer work at Mission Australia's Triple Care Farm. Triple Care Farm is our Southern ...

17. Aboriginal trainees playing vital role in saving parrot in SA
(Daily News/Blog)

Two young Aboriginal men are playing a crucial role to ensure the survival of the Regent Parrot in South Australia’s Riverland, Mallee and wetlands with help from Mission Australia’s Employment Solutions. ...

18. 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 ...

19. Flooding continues across south-east Australia
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia’s thoughts are with the hundreds of people who have been evacuated from Griffith as the southern New South Wales flood emergency spreads.  Meanwhile, as flood waters spread west, ...

20. Young people get trackside with Audi
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia's Corporate Partner, Audi Australia, gave eight young people an experience they’ll never forget at last weekend’s Armor All Bathurst 12-Hour race day. The eight clients and staff from ...

21. Crisis centres unable to meet homeless demand: The Project
(Daily News/Blog)

... last month of a 31-year-old Melbourne man who was unable to find a place to stay at a full crisis centre. Last December Mission Australia expressed its concern at figures released by Australian Institute ...

22. New beginnings for Junaa Buwa! centre in Coffs
(Daily News/Blog)

It’s been a huge week for Junaa Buwa!, Mission Australia’s Youth Wellbeing Centre in Coffs Harbour, which hosted an official opening ceremony and Backyard Blitz-style overhaul within two days. Juna Buwaa! ...

23. Territory talent hunt begins in Central Australia
(Daily News/Blog)

Young singers will have the chance to win a week of mentoring with Australian pop idol Mark Holden in Darwin when Mission Australia’s Urban Quest gets underway tomorrow. The hunt for the Territory’s ...

24. Urban Quest winner shows Darwin High how it’s done at launch
(Daily News/Blog)

Urban Quest 2011 winner Tevita Moala launched Mission Australia’s celebration of music, talent and community on Monday on the very familiar territory of Darwin High School. Now in Year 12 at Darwin High, ...

25. Urban Quest ready to take-off in NT schools
(Daily News/Blog)

Urban Quest 2012 gets underway in the Northern Territory on Monday, with local singers Jacinta Pryce and Tevita Moala (pictured) launching Mission Australia’s celebration of talent, music and community ...