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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. Charcoal Lane embraces seasonal change
(Daily News/Blog)

... chef Andy Bedford. Watch this chef.” Based in a bluestone building at 136 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, Charcoal Lane specialises in modern cuisine infused with native flavours. It also enables Aboriginal ...

4. ‘DAYS saved my life’ – Rick’s story in The Sunday Times
(Daily News/Blog)

... Mission Australia's free adult education program, which offers 12-week university-accredited courses in the humanities. Kate took classes in Aboriginal studies, ethics, Australian literature and philosophy. ...

5. 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. ...

6. New Sydney service helping to keep Aboriginal people housed
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia’s Coastal Sydney Aboriginal Tenancy Support Service (CSATSS), which aims to reduce Aboriginal homelessness in the city and its surrounds, was officially launched yesterday by the NSW ...

7. 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 ...

8. Featherweight
(Pathways/About Us)

... by the Australian Government’s Innovation Fund, which is a component of Job Services Australia, Featherweight aims to employ local job seekers who are Aboriginal or have a disability. Trainees at ...

9. Roar and Mission Australia kick off Indigenous jobs program
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia and Brisbane Roar Football Club have officially kicked off an innovative new Indigenous employment program at Ballymore Stadium.  The initiative – funded by the Australian Government ...

10. Charcoal Lane trainees get a taste of things to come
(Daily News/Blog)

... said. Based in Fitzroy, Charcoal Lane specialises in modern cuisine infused with native flavours. It also enables Aboriginal and disengaged young people to gain experience in a supported, real work environment ...

11. Half all youths in juvenile detention unsentenced: AIHW
(Daily News/Blog)

... Children's and Youth Law Centre, Matthew Keeley, told the ABC’s AM the figures were unacceptable and all governments should be doing more to bring youth detention rates down. Aboriginal youth detention ...

12. Pathways to Prevention (QLD)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations relative to the rest of south-east Queensland. In 2010-11 Pathways to Prevention worked with 933 individuals and 453 families – and more than half were ...

13. Sydney tenancy support manager a future Indigenous Leader
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia’s people are our greatest resource, so we’re always happy to share good news about them. This week we’re congratulating Shane Sturgiss, our Service Manager, Coastal Sydney Aboriginal ...

14. Coastal Sydney Aboriginal Tenancy Support Service (CSATSS) (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

Funded through Housing NSW as part of the Regional Homelessness Action Plan, CSATSS aims to reduce the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Coastal Sydney Region who are vulnerable ...

15. 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 ...

16. Our social enterprises
(Pathways/About Us)

... Aboriginal and disadvantaged young people to gain experience in a supported, real work environment while building personal skills and gaining accredited education in hospitality. Find out more... playlist?list=PLD755B93EBBF8A5E3 ...

17. Employment projects restore hope to SA Riverland
(Daily News/Blog)

... Hancock on ABC News. For many years families have been leaving the Gerard Reserve, an Aboriginal Community about 20 kilometres south of Berri, in search of work. However, employment projects run ...

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

... 2009 it became the first Australian welfare organisation to launch a Reconciliation Action Plan aimed at reducing the gap in living standards between Aboriginal people and other Australians. The plan focuses ...

19. Crafty Chef wins our inaugural National Employer Award
(Daily News/Blog)

... some of the most disadvantaged job seekers, including Aboriginal Australians, job seekers with multiple barriers including drug and alcohol addictions, as well as pre-release prisoners like Amy*. One ...

20. Working smarter
(Pathways/About Us)

... administrators and fundraisers. Of our employees in 2011, women made up 75.53 per cent and almost 5 per cent identified as being Aboriginal. Mission Australia clearly attracts people who pour their ...

21. Service excellence
(Pathways/About Us)

... section of our Annual Report.   Working with Aboriginal Australians In 2011 Mission Australia Community Services also helped 22,226 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians (ATSI) and 3,077 ...

22. 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 ...

23. Featherweight packs a double whammy
(Daily News/Blog)

... local job seekers who are Aboriginal or who have a disability. Over a two-year period the Featherweight team will comprise 11 trainees, 10 casual staff and also provide 40 work-experience positions.  ...

24. Follow the Charcoal Lane story through film
(Daily News/Blog)

... Aboriginal and disadvantaged young people to gain experience in a supported, real work environment while building personal skills and gaining accredited education in hospitality. Located in an grand old ...

25. Is there a better approach to remote Aboriginal communities?
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia CEO Toby Hall It’s perhaps the most commonly asked question I hear – “what can be done to help Aboriginal Australians?” And as we all know, there’s no easy answer. ...