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1. Together we can tackle housing shortage: MA Housing Chief
(Daily News/Blog)

... $82 billion…. There's no point kidding ourselves that the public sector alone can fund the maintenance and upgrade of these homes, along with meeting the pressing need to substantially increase supply. ...

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

... Eleri Morgan-Thomas. “Despite the billions spent on social housing by governments in the wake of the global financial crisis – addressing a shortage that had grown worse over decades – it hasn’t been ...

3. MA welcomes government's pay contribution to sector
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MA Media Release, 10 November 2011 Mission Australia has welcomed today’s announcement by the Australian Government to contribute more than $2 billion to help deliver a pay rise to low-paid community ...

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

... billion on... 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 ...

5. Housing can be a matter of life and death
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... in recent years by investing billions in a national homelessness strategy; to meet targets to halve the number of homeless people and create enough beds to provide all rough-sleepers with accommodation ...

6. Mental health in the spotlight this National Homeless Persons’ Week
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... on getting bigger and bigger. “This National Homeless Persons’ Week, while it’s important to recognise the downpayment the Australian Government made on mental health in its last budget – at $2.2 billion ...

7. Homeless service staff spend more hours assisting people with mental health than homelessness
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... the downpayment the Australian Government made on mental health in its last budget – at $2.2 billion over five years, a significant amount – we need to keep in mind how huge the demand out there is, particularly ...

8. Reform efforts have charities all atwitter
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... by 6.4 per cent to reach $101.5 billion in 2010-11, according to IBISWorld data. Mission Australia’s income rose 20 per cent to $312 million for the year to June 30, 2011. About 90 per cent of it came ...

9. Health experts call for problem gambling reforms
(Daily News/Blog)

... and 160,000 Australian adults suffering severe problems from their gambling. The costs to problem gamblers in 2008-09 ranged between $4.7 and $8.4 billion. In March, Mission Australia threw its support ...

10. New website for not-for-profits
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Did you know that the value of volunteering in the not-for-profit sector is estimated at $14.6 billion per year? This is just one of the fast facts on the new Office for the Not-for-Profit Sector website, ...

11. Mission Australia wins PwC Transparency Award
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... we are prudent and responsible managers of the funds we receive from governments, corporate partners and the donating public,” he added. “The NFP sector contributes $43 billion to the country’s GDP, it’s ...

12. 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 ...

13. Taking action to reduce problem gambling
(Daily News/Blog)

... that 100,000 problem gamblers provide around 40 percent of all poker machine revenue in Australia. Total Australian gambling revenue in 2008-09 was a staggering $19 billion and the social cost of problem ...

14. Bringing together business, government and not-for-profits is a GoodStart
(Daily News/Blog)

... has reportedly raised $1 billion in short term financing by issuing bonds backed by sovereign pledges of aid money in future years. The substantial funds will provide economies of scale which will allow ...