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

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 ...

2. Junaa Buwa! Centre for Youth Wellbeing (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... Buwa!, to ensure they can smoothly move back into the community and into work or study. Junaa Buwa! is funded by the NSW Government’s Attorney General’s Department. It accepts referrals from Juvenile ...

3. Government to establish new Children’s Commissioner role
(Daily News/Blog)

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

MA Housing (Victoria) Ltd is among 21 organisations selected to provide community-based accommodation for adults with severe or profound disabilities through the Australian Government’s Supported ...

5. 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 ...

6. Woodside Beds transformation at DAYS gets thumbs up from residents
(Daily News/Blog)

... State Government’s Drug and Alcohol Office and Mission Australia, it offers intensive support through case management, counselling and educational groups in areas such as substance abuse, legal issues ...

7. New beginnings for Junaa Buwa! centre in Coffs
(Daily News/Blog)

... Buwaa! means “to declare a new beginning” in the Gumbarynggirr language. Funded by the NSW Government’s Attorney General’s Department, Junaa Buwa! was officially opened on Wednesday by John Hubby, ...

8. Woodside Energy and TV renovator team up to transform DAYS
(Daily News/Blog)

... the State Government’s Drug and Alcohol Office and Mission Australia. It offers intensive support through counselling and educational groups in areas such as substance abuse, legal issues and health. The ...

9. Our social enterprises
(Pathways/About Us)

...  Featherweight Featherweight trains and employs people with disabilities to fill sports equipment such as punching bags with recycled mattress cotton. It is funded by the Australian Government’s Innovation ...

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

... leadership with this announcement and we warmly welcome it,” said Mr Hall. “We look forward to reading the details of the government’s planned submission to Fair Work Australia. "Mission Australia supports ...

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

... better cater for these kids.” “It is also in line with the NSW Government’s Preschool growth program, which aims to have all children, particularly those with disabilities, have access to a preschool ...

12. Homeless children left in the cold by patchwork reform
(Daily News/Blog)

... 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 ...

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

... and enable participation in the labour force. Now, it doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure out why the discussion about a single income support system seems to have dropped off the government’s radar ...

14. Mission Australia welcomes onshore processing
(Daily News/Blog)

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 ...

15. Free Mind Field music event for Perth youth
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... be coordinated by the Drug and Alcohol Youth Service (DAYS), an integrated program run by Mission Australia and the State Government’s Next Step Youth Service. The main attraction on the day will be ...

16. New partnership to help indigenous job seekers check in to the hospitality industry
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... 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 ...

17. 70 jobs in Warwick region Indigenous Employment project
(News/Media Releases Archive)

DEEWR Media Release, 17 August 2011 Up to 70 Indigenous jobseekers from Warwick, Stanthorpe, Goondiwindi, St George and Dirranbandi will be part of an employment project thanks to the Australian Government’s ...

18. Homeless service staff spend more hours assisting people with mental health than homelessness
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... among our community’s most vulnerable. “I suggest that the experience of our frontline staff is just the tip of the iceberg. The government’s mental health funding is going to need to stretch a long ...

19. Minister Calls on Local Government to strengthen Indigenous Employment
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Indigenous job seekers, as part of the Government’s goal of creating more than 100,000 jobs for Indigenous Australians by 2018. “The Government is committed to working with all levels of Government, ...

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

... Fund projects targeting assistance to job seekers with disability, valued at approximately $2.9 million. The $41 million Innovation Fund also contributes to the achievement of the Australian Government’s ...

21. Prime Minister visits Alice Springs
(News/Media Releases Archive)

FAHCSIA Media Release, 7 June 2011 Prime Minister Julia Gillard today visited Alice Springs to see firsthand how the Federal Government’s $150 million Transformation Plan for the Northern Territory town ...

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

... strategies and programs. ‘As part of the Australian Government’s commitment to multiculturalism, MMHA urges it to invest in, support and maintain improved data collection capabilities across homelessness, ...

23. Tackling problem gambling in Australia
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... shortly. These moves are in addition to the progress made at the Council of Australian Government’s Select Council on Gambling Reform today on pre-commitment. Ministers agreed to support the required ...

24. New report highlights Australian job opportunities
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... for Australians who have previously had difficulty gaining employment to find and to keep a job.” Australian Jobs supports the Australian Government’s focus on developing a highly skilled and educated ...

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

MA Media Release, 11 May 2011 Mission Australia has welcomed the Gillard Government’s budget focus on addressing disadvantage in particular areas around the country and helping people in those locations ...