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1. Miller Pathways celebrate Families Week
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Mission Australia’s child and family service in the Liverpool area, Miller Pathways, celebrated Families Week on Friday by hosting a free Community Fun Day. The Federal Minister for Human Services, Senator ...

2. Cautious support for Budget, but more to do
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Mission Australia has given its cautious support to this year’s Federal Budget but has queried whether the government’s efforts to encourage more Australians into workforce participation are built on an ...

3. Government to establish new Children’s Commissioner role
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... and programs.” The Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Jenny Macklin said establishing a Federal Children’s Commissioner was key action under the Government’s National Framework ...

4. Report shows need to work harder to help homeless children and youth
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... federally-funded Reconnect service are helping to meet the needs of young people before they lose their housing – by providing holistic wrap-around support to address the challenges they are facing and ...

5. Snapshot paints depressing picture of impact of homelessness
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... needs. “Both federal and state/territory governments have made a significant investment in tackling homelessness over the past few years – measures that are aimed not only at addressing accommodation ...

6. Cecily makes every week Seniors Week at Charles Chambers Court
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... and makes them feel special.” Mission Australia is currently building a new aged care facility in nearby Redfern, which is based on the Charles Chambers Court model. Funded by the Federal Department ...

7. Young Aboriginals keener to find work than their non-Aboriginal peers
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... Herald.  Mission Australia is calling for federal government help to develop an employment program targeted at 15- to 18-year-old Aboriginal youth, many of whom were dropping out of school, failing ...

8. Giving voice to the voiceless
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When the federal government announced a long-overdue funding boost to mental health services last year, no one was more chuffed and relieved than Mission Australia. It wasn’t just that that one in ...

9. Concern at the number of homeless people turned away
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... get counted. “Both federal and state/territory governments have made a significant investment in tackling homelessness over the past few years – measures that are aimed not only at addressing accommodation ...

10. Staff on a mission all pull together
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... particularly in NSW as a result of successfully tendering for state and federal government contracts. For example, in 2010-11 in NSW, Mission Australia was awarded $3.6 million worth of new youth services. ...

11. A fresh start for Goodstart
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... 2008. The launch of the new name took place yesterday morning at a Goodstart Early Learning Centre in Indooroopilly, Brisbane, and was attended by the Federal Childcare Minister Kate Ellis and Goodstart ...

12. Common Ground Sydney supportive housing initiative opens doors
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Sydney’s landmark supportive housing initiative – Common Ground Sydney – was opened today by the Federal Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness, Senator Mark Arbib, the NSW Minister for Community ...

13. MA welcomes government's pay contribution to sector
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... 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 ...

14. Homeless children left in the cold by patchwork reform
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... of consistent support. Mission Australia’s CEO, Toby Hall, said that two years after the launch of the Federal Government’s White Paper on tackling homelessness, The Road Home, which promised a “specific ...

15. Day of adventure for local kids to celebrate Children’s Week 2011
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... and playing together as we celebrate the children in our community.” Mission Australia’s Communities for Children program is a federally funded initiative through the Department of Families, Housing, ...

16. Mission Australia welcomes onshore processing
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National community service organisation, Mission Australia, has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement that it will move towards the onshore processing of asylum seeker claims. “While there might ...

17. MA Housing’s 750th tenant feels right at home
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... was a great example of Federal stimulus money being used as it created both jobs and long-term housing. MA Housing CEO Andrew McAnulty said the new Kingswood homes were built for people over 55 in need ...

18. Fun school holiday activities in Queensland
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... that aims to help young children stay involved with school and avoid negative pathways in life. Our Communities for Children program, which is federally funded, coordinates services across schools, early ...

19. ABC Radio Media Coverage: Expert rubbishes AFL’s pokies warning
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Media coverage: ABC Radio’s AM, 26 September 2011 A leading gambling researcher has dismissed the AFL's concerns over the Federal Government's planned restrictions on poker machines, labelling claims ...

20. Charles Chambers Court wins national aged care award
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... Federal Department of Health and Ageing under the Aged Care Funding Instrument and, unlike mainstream aged care services, will not require residents to make bond payments.  Further reading: ‘Charles ...

21. Recognising the first Australians in our Constitution
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... term or at the next federal election. This means you will have a direct say on this monumental change to the document that is the basis of our laws and political system. That’s why it’s important everyone ...

22. New partnership to help indigenous job seekers check in to the hospitality industry
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... is one of Australia’s largest providers of the Federal Government’s Job Services Australia (JSA) program, and in 2010 assisted more than 50,000 Australians into long-term employment. For further information ...

23. Supportive model to tackle homelessness in Sydney
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Last week, the founder of Common Ground New York, Rosanne Haggerty (pictured), joined MA Housing CEO Andrew McAnulty, the Federal Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness, Senator Mark Arbib, Federal ...

24. Housing can be a matter of life and death
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... premature deaths of homeless people is to break the cycle of homelessness and get them into housing. It’s not rocket science. Governments – state and federal – have, on the whole, responded to the challenge ...

25. Bold approach to homelessness will take 70 most vulnerable off streets
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... of homeless. Platform 70, a project supported by state and federal governments, will involve placing the rough sleepers from Woolloomooloo into heavily subsidised private rental accommodation, to be ...