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1. Going Places up for Workplace Innovation Award
(Daily News/Blog)

... their services. Mission Australia is in the running for a Michael Kirby Award for Inclusiveness, which is sponsored by Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services. It has been selected ...

2. Cautious support for Budget, but more to do
(Daily News/Blog)

...  “There’s no question that the government deserves kudos for several big ticket budget measures aimed at assisting vulnerable Australians,” Mr Hall said. “The National Disability Insurance Scheme ...

3. Our Roma House adventurers scale new heights
(Daily News/Blog)

... program. They also met Queensland Minister for Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services, the Hon. Tracy Davis MP, who saw first-hand the impact this innovative program had on lives. The abseiling ...

4. MA Housing funded to build accommodation for people with disabilities
(Daily News/Blog)

... from Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Jenny Macklin, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Minister for Disability Reform, to learn more about the SAIF funding allocations. ...

5. Snapshot paints depressing picture of impact of homelessness
(Daily News/Blog)

... gone beyond Year 10 education. Having been homeless also meant a lower likelihood of completing tertiary education. Adults who had been homeless were more likely to report having a disability or long-term ...

6. Need for boarding house reform back in the news
(Daily News/Blog)

... for action by the NSW Government to enforce boarding house standards. “The NSW Department of Family and Community Services – Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC) must take urgent action to address ...

7. Featherweight
(Pathways/About Us)

... by the Australian Government’s Innovation Fund, which is a component of Job Services Australia, Featherweight aims to employ local job seekers who are Aboriginal or have a disability. Trainees at ...

8. Mission Australia places millionth job seeker
(Daily News/Blog)

... financial services training, as well as applying his interest in the disability services sector. He says he loves his work, is gaining confidence, and feels he is overcoming his anxieties. Ms Ellis said ...

9. Service excellence
(Pathways/About Us)

... Australia Australian Apprenticeships  Disability Management Services  The ACCES Program  New Enterprise Incentive Scheme  Job Capacity Assessments  Indigenous Employment Programs  Offender ...

10. Lead experts
(Pathways/About Us)

... for sector reform. Mission Australia also pushed for welfare reform, particularly better support for people on the Disability Support Pension to join the workforce. And we helped shape reforms to the ...

11. Resolve to help at-risk Queenslanders stay housed
(Daily News/Blog)

... early symptoms of mental illness. This week Disability Services Minister Curtis Pitt announced that Mission Australia will receive $720,000 through the Resolve initiative. “We know that social housing ...

12. MA welcomes government's pay contribution to sector
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... National Disability Services to see that is the case. “That’s why Mission Australia has supported the ACOSS campaign calling on Federal and State/Territory Governments to commit to fully funding any ...

13. Featherweight packs a double whammy
(Daily News/Blog)

... on Tuesday at an on-site ceremony. Among the guests at yesterday’s launch were representatives from the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR), Disability Employment Services, ...

14. Rossmore Community Preschool celebrates new look
(Daily News/Blog)

... Community Preschool’s Service Manager, Sheryl Amann, who cut a mini-Rossmore cake made by a preschooler’s parent (pictured). The renovations include a new playground area and playroom, a new disability ...

15. Meagre dole payment doesn't just hurt the unemployed: Toby Hall
(Daily News/Blog)

... to get around the system, either by working under the table to augment their meagre allowance or by seeking to move across to the Disability Support Pension which offers a significantly higher payment ...

16. Family and Carer Mental Health Program celebrates Carers Week
(Daily News/Blog)

... and support to family members and friends who have a disability, mental illness, chronic condition, terminal illness or who are frail aged. There are currently over 2.6 million unpaid family carers in ...

17. Missionbeat clients tell their stories
(Daily News/Blog)

... he was fired. Without family support, Ernie was out on the streets - unemployed, homeless and broke. To make things even more difficult, Ernie has a physical disability and can’t get around without crutches. ...

18. More traineeships in Bellambi for people with disability
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Fund program for Mission Australia’s Feather Weight project. This project will train and employ up to 11 job seekers with disability in recycling services, giving them the supportthey need to achieve ...

19. 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 ...

20. Mental pain catches bad backs
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Media coverage - The Australian, 7 June 2011 Mental illness is set to overtake "bad backs" as the most common reason for receiving the disability support pension, and welfare and employment services groups ...

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

... by the Council to Homeless Persons, Homelessness Australia, Mission Australia, Psychiatric Disability Services of Victoria and Yfoundations. The report confirms little is known about rates of homelessness ...

22. Community Connections (NSW South East)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... including, but not limited to, alcohol and other drugs, mental health including self-harm, intellectual or cognitive disability and challenging behaviour. If you or someone you know in the south-east ...

23. MA welcomes budget focus on disadvantaged areas
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... think it strikes the right balance between incentives and increased resources for jobseekers and Disability Support Pension (DSP) recipients who have a reasonable capacity to work with measures that emphasise ...

24. System fails jobless on disability support
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... need to offer disability support pension recipients who do have some capacity to work intensive assistance and incentives to encourage them back intothe workforce. After all, he argues, a welfare system ...

25. North West community benefits from new Mission Australia office
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... The new centre offers a variety of community programs including Family Support, Disability Support, Language, Literacy and Numeracy Programs, Integrated Family Support Services, Gateway Services and Local ...