Mission Australia

1. The changing taste of welfare services - The evolution of Cafe One
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... today through Café One in Wickham St, Fortitude Valley. Engaging with disadvantaged people over food is vital for reasons of food security and social inclusion. People on the fringes of society benefit ...

2. Social Policy Reports
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Mission Australia regularly publishes snapshots, advocacy papers and major reports on key social issues, including: families and children, homelessness, youth, social inclusion, poverty, employment, and ...

3. Our Response to Commonwealth Gov Green Paper - Which way home
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Mission Australias aspiration is to have appropriate housing and support for everybody in our community by 2020. A national plan Linking Support and Housing to End Homelessness will get us there. It will ...

4. Our Response to Commonwealth Gov Discussion Paper - National Mental Health & Disability Employment
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Mission Australia welcomes the discussion paper in the context of the Commonwealth’s broader social inclusion agenda, particularly given the strong links between poverty, unemployment, social exclusion ...

5. PM for a day? What would you do to tackle poverty?
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... Secretary for Social Inclusion, Senator Ursula Stephens, to discuss their idea. According to Toby Hall, the idea behind the competition was to organise a fun activity that also raised awareness around ...

6. NT Volunteer Opportunities
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... behaviour that will impact on their functioning with mainstream society, increase young people’s capacity for social inclusion, self reliance and self-sufficiency, strengthen family links where possible ...

7. Research and Social Policy
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Mission Australia regularly publishes snapshots, policy submissions and major reports on key social issues, including: families and children, homelessness, youth, social inclusion, poverty, employment, ...

8. Social enterprise restaurant to provide training for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal young people
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An innovative and exciting training program for disadvantaged and unemployed youth, with a focus on Aboriginal young people, will be a feature of Charcoal Lane - a unique social enterprise restaurant opened ...

9. Mission Australia joins industry and government at the Social Innovation Summit
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... will be presented to the Federal Government for further consideration as part of the development of a strong social inclusion agenda. The first thing we need to do is establish a shared vision and common ...

10. Young people's mental health - The hidden challenges and how innovation can help
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... CEO of Inspire Foundation, a national non-profit organisation with a mission to create opportunities for young people to change their world. Kerry is also a member of the National Social Inclusion Board ...

11. Learning the ropes on trip of a lifetime
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... crew members, organised by South Australia’s Social Inclusion Unit with the support of community service groups like Mission Australia, have been selected on the basis of their high achievements which, ...

12. Don’t forget homeless in housing affordability debate
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... and drug and alcohol abuse. He will also meet with Housing Minister Jay Weatherill and South Australia’s Commissioner for Social Inclusion Monsignor David Cappo as part of Mission Australia’s campaign ...

13. City of Churches aims to be life and soul of party
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... Michael Harbison and Commissioner for Social Inclusion, Monsignor David Cappo, Vicar General of the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide. “There’s always debate about whether Adelaide should promote itself ...

14. The main concerns of young Australians: National Survey
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...  “Body image is a new inclusion – requested by the young people themselves – as it had regularly been cited as an issue in the other concerns category in previous surveys,” Ms Hampshire said. “In addition, ...

15. Sign up to Mission Australia’s anti-poverty video petition!
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... be flown to Canberra to meet the Federal Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion, Senator Ursula Stephens, to discuss the club's idea. Latest research shows that around one in seven Australians who ...