Mission Australia

1. Mission Australia to build $16M Aged Homeless Service as number of elderly homeless climbs
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... between 2001 and 2006 and more than 33 percent in NSW. The report, which is based on 2006 Census data, is widely regarded as the most accurate count of homelessness in the country. People are considered ...

2. Youth at risk the focus of new Adelaide Jobs Service
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... Ms Hart says that according to the most recent available employment figures for the City of Playford – which were released as part of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2006 Census – youth unemployment ...

3. Latest homeless figures reflect 'wasted years of inaction'
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Today’s release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2006 Census of homeless people confirms the failure of past homeless policies and is evidence why a dramatic new approach to tackling the problem ...

4. More homeless services needed in Tasmania
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... issues they might have – a lack of a job, mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction, etc – if they don’t have a stable home.” Mr Mundy said the 2001 Census recorded 100,000 Australians are homeless ...

5. Increased rents create greater risk of homelessness
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... said. Based on figures from the 2001 Census, approximately 100,000 Australians are homeless on any one night. Of that number, around 25,000 are in Queensland, the second highest rate of homelessness ...

6. Rising Sydney Rents Lead to a Growing Number of Homeless Families in Western Sydney
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...  “Based on the 2001 census, there are about 250 people sleeping rough in Western Sydney on any one night with about 100 people sleeping in abandoned buildings. At times, that number reaches 300. “However, ...

7. Increased Rents Create a Greater Risk of Homelessness - Queensland
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... the Homeless 2001 census data 4. Counting the Homeless 2001 census data 5. Social Justice, Queensland’s Ongoing Challenges, Australian Public Access Network Association website 6. Social Justice, ...