Mission Australia

1. Caring in the 21st Century: Costs, Opportunities and Custody
(Document Downloads)

Bettina Cass (Social Policy Research Centre) and Gabrielle Upton (Deputy Chair of the Taskforce on Care Costs) Caring in the 21st century is one of the most significant contemporary challenges facing individuals, ...

2. State and Territory governments must set targets to reduce numbers of young people in detention
(News/Media Releases Archive)

One of Australia's leading providers of services to disadvantaged young people has called on state and territory governments to set targets to reduce the number of juveniles in custody and increase alternative ...

3. Community Services in Western Australia
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... care, to ensure their safety and well-being following an apprehension by police. It provides a safe and supportive environment as an alternative to police custody.        ...

4. Australia's approach to Juvenile Justice must change
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Programs designed to divert young people from offending behaviour and entering juvenile detention can not only be more effective than putting a young person in custody but up to 50 times cheaper to run ...

5. Mission Australia opens its Heart to Nowra
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Australia’s many community services including a Nowra program to support grandparents who have custody of their grandchildren. “There are many people in and around Nowra who are already suffering ...

6. Growing numbers of grandparent-carers evidence of emerging social phenomenon
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... also get caught up in draining legal battles over child custody and family conflict; others struggle with kids who exhibit the behavioural effects of parental abuse or neglect; while some lose their social ...