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1. Urban Quest (NT)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... to the Alice Springs semi-final at the Youth Hub on 10 March and the 13 April semi-final at Darwin’s Casuarina Square, which will kick off Youth Week 2012. The cream of the crop will take to the Darwin ...

2. Big Heart brings families together!
(Daily News/Blog)

... to prove negative. “I have been volunteering with the Mission Australia Dapto store since July 2008 and get a great deal of enjoyment from this. On the morning of Thursday 23 April this year the ladies ...

3. Minister Calls on Local Government to strengthen Indigenous Employment
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... communities and individuals who can provide those skills in the long term.” Senator Arbib announced in April new funding of $4.8 million over three years to support mentoring programs for Indigenous ...

4. Horningsea Park early learning centre has highest rank in care
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... and managing to support quality. All seven categories were ranked as high quality, the highest of four bands. The Horningsea Park service was registered in April 2009 after taking over from an ABC ...

5. NT Urban Questers top Triple J charts
(Daily News/Blog)

... Georgia’, is also at number three on the national competition’s overall chart. In April Jack, aged 14, and Sam, 17, were named equal runners-up with Peter Rautoka, at the Urban Quest Finals Concert in ...

6. MA Housing celebrates transfer of 494 homes
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... affordable housing challenge.” The 494 homes are part of 37 NBESP projects that were officially transferred from the NSW Government on 18 April, just under half of the total number of homes won by MA ...

7. ABS Consumer Price Index - March Quarter up 1.6%
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ABS Media Release, 27 April 2011 The ABS Consumer Price Index rose 1.6% in the March quarter 2011, compared with a rise of 0.4% in the December quarter 2010. This is the largest quarterly rise in the CPI ...

8. Tasmanians invited to the ultimate taste test
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MA Media Release, 21 April 2011 Tasmanians are invited to put their tastebuds to the ultimate test, all in the name of raising much needed funds for Mission Australia’s Chigwell House. Mission Australia ...

9. A chance to assist migrants
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Media coverage - Blacktown Sun, 18 April 2011 People who want to help new migrants settle in Australia should do what Sarah Cullen, 27, of Blacktown, did. Ms Cullen is a Mission Australia Home Tutor ...

10. Literacy courses ‘a lifesaver’
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Media coverage - The Border Mail, 14 April 2011  Lacey Seears says Mission Australia’s language, literacy and numeracy courses turned her life around.  The Albury resident, 26, says she went from being ...

11. Shifting the focus of the mental health system
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Media coverage - The Drum, 14 April 2011   Much of the recent debate about Australia’s parlous mental health system has revolved around its lack of funding. It’s been estimated that an extra $2.5 billion ...

12. Juvenile detainee findings a ‘damning indictment’
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Media coverage - Sydney Morning Herald, 12 April 2011  A government reporting revealing that half the young people in NSW juvenile detention facilities were abused as children, and nearly 40 per cent ...

13. Shedding some light on youth homelessness
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ABS Media Release, 6 April 2011  The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the National Youth Coalition for Housing (NYCH) have joined forces to shed some light on youth homelessness. To coincide ...

14. Youth of Australia wanted for national survey
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MA Media Release - National Youth Week 1-10 April  To coincide with National Youth Week, Mission Australia is calling on young people to help highlight important issues in their lives by having their ...

15. Garden grows for residents
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Media coverage - Preston Leader, 5 April 2011  From little things, big things grow is a theme East Reservoir's community garden has embraced. Last week the first sod was turned at the East Reservoir ...

16. Debut performer wins Urban Quest 2011
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MA Media Release - 4 April 2011  It may have been his first-ever live performance on the big stage, but that didn’t stop Tevita Moala from singing his way to Urban Quest over the weekend. The 16-year-old ...

17. Pretend welfare reform will do nothing for jobless
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... Hall is the Chief Executive Officer of Mission Australia This piece was published in the National Times on 1 April 2011  ...

18. Tough call at Urban Quest semi-finals
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... which includes a performance by Deni Hines, starts at 7pm at the Darwin Entertainment Centre this Saturday, 2 April. Tickets cost $17.50 per person or $50 per family of four, with all proceeds supporting ...

19. Inequality is growing in Australia: ACOSS
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... emergency relief, which has seen a 47% increase in the numbers of people turned away. "The data is still being analysed and we expect to release a comprehensive report sometime in April, but the picture ...

20. Urban Quest finals in their sights
(Daily News/Blog)

... and Hot 100 FM radio host Amanda Pernechele for a spot in the Urban Quest Finals Concert on Saturday 2 April. The acts include a brother duo from Wagaman who are into hard rock, a Palmerston hip-hop pair ...

21. NT Youth impress at Urban Quest - live and by Skype
(Daily News/Blog)

... recording time, mentoring and iPods. Ten acts will then experience a workshop with Mark ahead of the big finals night at the Darwin Entertainment Centre on 2 April at 7pm. Deni Hines will perform on ...

22. Rooby Roo on the move in western Sydney
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... Wilmot, from 8.30am. These appearances are in preparation for Ruby’s big National Book Day gig on 2 April at Dawson Mall, Mt Druitt from 10.30am. ...

23. Top End talent hunt begins
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... Mark Holden and Deni Hines will team up with local celebrity radio host Amanda Pernechele to judge the Finals Concert on 2 April at the Darwin Entertainment Centre. Ten acts will go through to the ...

24. PhD Scholarship – Capacity Building and Social Enterprise
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Mission Australia and Deakin University are calling for expressions of interest in a full-time APA(I) PhD Scholarship commencing in April 2011. The PhD candidate will work on a three-year project: Capacity ...

25. MA Housing welcomes new residents
(Daily News/Blog)

... noon earlier today. MA Housing is planning to host similar welcome events this month at MA Housing developments in Wauchope, Bankstown and Penrith, New South Wales. MA Housing was established in April ...