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1. Report finds Reconciliation Action Plans get results
(Daily News/Blog)

A new report by Reconciliation Australia highlighting the achievements Australian workplaces are making towards reconciliation shows organisations with culturally safe environments are more likely ...

2. Our partners
(Partnerships/Major Corporate and Community Partners)

... support, Mission Australia has also appointed a national adviser for aboriginal affairs to build a larger national strategy within the organisation, aimed at developing culturally effective services and ...

3. Rebels with a cause
(Daily News/Blog)

... project on the Mullum Mullum Creek Cultural Heritage Trail, which runs through Ringwood. The players were shown the heritage orchard that was recently planted by NGJC participants and enjoyed lunch in ...

4. Deadly trip for Kempsey teens
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Media Coverage - Manly Daily: Deadly trip for Kempsey teens A group of Aboriginal teenagers from Mission Australia’s Leadership and Cultural Development Program have returned home after a three-day Sydney ...

5. Media Coverage - Manly Daily: Deadly trip for Kempsey teens
(Daily News/Blog)

A group of Aboriginal teenagers from Mission Australia’s Leadership and Cultural Development Program have returned home after a three-day Sydney trip that saw them visit the real ‘Summer Bay’ and glam ...

6. A fresh start for Katherine youth
(Daily News/Blog)

... from the garden. Katherine High School is helping the participants make the step from community garden project to the school’s Horticultural Program by providing space for Mission Australia to extend ...

7. Norm's Blog: Day Three Part Two - The City and County of San Francisco, Office of the Treasurer Tax Collector.
(Daily News/Blog)

... from seasoned financial experts. SF Financial Advice Line will also provide referrals to free or low-cost counseling services from a network of culturally competent non-profit agencies.  ...

8. Youth Beat (SA, NT and TAS)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... support with young people and their families. Youth Beat helps young people to successfully become strong, healthy adults who play active roles in the social, cultural and economic life of their communities. ...

9. We welcome High Court decision not to deport children
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... the church with developing procedures to ensure the care of children is delivered at high standards and with cultural sensitivity. “We welcome the High Court ruling, and now implore the government to ...

10. Media coverage - Guardian Express: Horticultural skills for young at Perth’s City Farm
(Daily News/Blog)

Young people will get hands-on experience at City Farm in East Perth as part of new government initiatives to train them in environmental and horticultural skills. Mission Australia, Job Futures and ...

11. Horticultural skills for young at Perth’s City Farm
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Media coverage - Guardian Express, 23 August 2011 Young people will get hands-on experience at City Farm in East Perth as part of new government initiatives to train them in environmental and horticultural ...

12. Leading charities and church offer to house unaccompanied asylum seeker children
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... largest providers of homelessness and youth services to support the church with developing procedures to ensure the care of children is delivered at high standards and with cultural sensitivity. "Sending ...

13. Government must change policy on unaccompanied refugee children
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... the highest standards and with cultural sensitivity. “When the government was first elected in 2007 it promised a humane and even-handed approach to refugees. It promised community-led care of refugee ...

14. Rossmore Community Preschool (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... caters for a diverse range of children. It offers programs for children with disabilities, children awaiting diagnosis and children from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds. The ...

15. Supporting Crossway’s offer to care for refugee children
(Daily News/Blog)

...  In support of Crossway, Mission Australia has committed itself to assisting the church in supplying best-practice and culturally appropriate care. Mission Australia’s CEO, Toby Hall, said “The pl...Mission ...

16. Horticulture and environmental programs to help train youth
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... with valuable environmental and horticultural skills. NGJC is an Australian Government youth development program, offering people aged 17-24 the opportunity to receive work experience and quality training ...

17. Communities for Children - Mt Druitt (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds - to work together to identify how they can improve their suburbs and make them more supportive ...

18. Celebrating NAIDOC Week
(Daily News/Blog)

... our Aboriginal driver education program, cultural revisitation programs, men’s cultural groups and our St George Employment Solutions team, recently recognised with a local Business of the Year Award for ...

19. Kids now get into the zoo for free
(Daily News/Blog)

... offered by Zoos Victoria,” Mr Bird said. Mission Australia’s 2010 National Youth Survey found the number of Victorians taking part in arts and cultural activities had dropped significantly since 2008, ...

20. Help needed for kids from disadvantaged families to make successful transition to school
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... because of cultural and language differences, poverty, unemployment, dislocation, violence, illness or disability and this can impact on their child’s transition to school. “For families with complex ...

21. New information standards needed to help Australians at‐risk of homelessness
(News/Media Releases Archive)

MMHA Media Release, 7 June 2011 Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds at increased risk of homelessness are in danger of missing out on appropriate services, according ...

22. Unsung Heroes – Stories from Dubbo DVD launch
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Heroes, on Wednesday the 1st of June at 11am at Western Plains Cultural Centre, 76 Wingewarra Street, Dubbo. Unsung Heroes is a unique project and important resource for the Dubbo region, with students ...

23. Have you even met an Aboriginal person?
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... migrants eager to create a life for their families. But while our neighbourhood was a snapshot of multicultural Europethere wasn’t a lot of mixing. My parents socialised with othersfrom the old country ...

24. Communities for Children Plus to help WA families
(Daily News/Blog)

... for local Midland families, including playgroups, after-school and school holiday activities, and events to encourage social interaction between parents from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. ...

25. Make a difference to someone's life - become a volunteer English tutor
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... but the commitment to HTS is only one to two hours per week and the time I spend with Manizha is well worth it." Sarah has also gained from the cross-cultural exchange picking up some very practical knowledge ...