Mission Australia

1. Our Response to the Commonwealth Gov Discussion Paper - Increasing Indigenous Economic Opportunity
(Document Downloads)

Mission Australia strongly supports the Commonwealth Government’s major focus on the wellbeing of aboriginal Australians. To impact upon aboriginal economic participation positively and sustainably, Mission ...

2. The Mission Australia Centre - A new approach to homelessness
(Daily News/Blog)

In Sydney’s Surry Hills, Mission Australia’s innovative service is approaching homelessness from every angle. Here residents are enhancing their prospects of finding accommodation and jobs, and increasing ...

3. State and Territory governments must set targets to reduce numbers of young people in detention
(Daily News/Blog)

... it appears governments seem happy to lock young people up in increasing numbers – despite all evidence showing it doesn’t work. “There are around 630 young Australians locked up every day (2007/08 figures ...

4. We must act now to save a lost generation
(Daily News/Blog)

... story is an increasingly familiar one in Australia. For many young people who face the quest to secure a job it’s getting even further out of reach. In December 2009, the unemployment rate for teenagers ...

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

... engaged in reviews of their approaches, but elsewhere it appears governments seem happy to lock young people up in increasing numbers – despite all evidence showing it doesn’t work. “There are around ...

6. Mission Australia opens its heart in Campbelltown
(Daily News/Blog)

... a Big Heart retail store and would have many benefits for the local community – both those simply looking for a bargain as well as people in need of a helping hand. “With increasing pressure on individual ...

7. Mission Australia opens its heart in Campbelltown
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... increasing pressure on individual and family income from rises in interest rates, utilities and the cost of food, the availability of affordable clothing and furniture in the area will greatly assist ...

8. Environmental Responsibility
(Big Heart/information)

... it is a donated item through the local community; a factory second; or a corporate donation, Big Heart Enterprise have many strategies in place to assist in eliminating the ever increasing landfill issue. ...

9. Solid start for Community Response Task Force
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... And the work they’re doing is increasingly complex so cases take longer to process. “Today’s meeting was a solid start and I know that all the Task Force’s members look forward to tackling these problems ...

10. The big issues facing our kids
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... - it's drugs that are increasingly weighing on their minds. Concern about drugs was not a top-three issue in 2007. The increase in worry was most notable among the 11-to-14 age group, who were twice as ...

11. AMP Foundation
(Partnerships/Major Corporate and Community Partners)

... skills; increasing cultural awareness and understanding; and by offering opportunities for positive community and social interaction. With the AMP Foundation’s support, Mission Australia has also appointed ...

12. Drugs a growing concern for young Australians
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... olds with one-in-four regarding each as major concerns – but it’s drugs that are increasingly weighing on their minds. The national survey, conducted by the charity Mission Australia, tested the views ...

13. From little things, big things grow - a story from Mission Australia’s Special Needs Dental Service (SNDS)
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... said that he would be keen to join the organisation at some stage down the track, to help others as he himself had been helped. At the same time, Brian’s personal life was becoming increasingly positive. ...

14. Mission Australia helping families cut energy bills to prevent poverty spiral
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... made,” Ms Leversedge said. “Many families are struggling with increasing groceries bills, petrol prices, rent and mortgage payments, so it’s a big help to be able to keep an eye on usage and costs of an ...

15. Vodafone Foundation Australia
(Partnerships/Major Corporate and Community Partners)

... involved in the program there has been a greater understanding of the impact such a simple resource can make. It is increasingly easy, in this technological-age, to take for granted the many and varied ...

16. Corporate Social Responsibility
(Partnerships/Corporate Partnerships)

... companies Increasingly, investors, customers and employees think that economic growth should be linked to environmental and social well-being. By embracing corporate social responsibility, a company ...

17. More homeless services needed in Tasmania
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... young people) are increasing. “In order to tackle the root causes of homelessness and not just the symptoms – both in Tasmania and elsewhere – we need a National Housing Strategy. “This National Homeless ...

18. Sydney’s bed shortage crisis for homeless women
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... isn’t suggesting taking beds away from men’s services, but increasing women’s beds across the city. We’d encourage governments, community agencies and businesses to consider what role they can each play ...

19. Combating youth unemployment rates in Tasmania
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... pathways for young people transitioning to adult life; and the general failure of all sectors of society to meet the increasingly complex needs of young people. “These changes have helped create a reservoir ...

20. Rising cost of living set to increase numbers at Christmas Lunch in the Park
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... hardship with rising interest rates and the increasing cost of living. Mission Australia WA State Manager, Angie Paskevicius, said with interest rates and other living expenses continuing to increase, ...

21. New blueprint to tackle causes of Australia’s youth unemployment problem
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... adult life; and the general failure of all sectors of society to meet the increasingly complex needs of young people. “These changes have helped create a reservoir of thousands of marginalised young people ...

22. The main concerns of young Australians: National Survey
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... results and reflected young Australians growing up in an increasingly insecure world. “Some of the results, such as young Indigenous people placing a higher value on getting a job over their non-Indigenous ...

23. Rising Sydney Rents Lead to a Growing Number of Homeless Families in Western Sydney
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... in Western Sydney and the need for more support services. “We’re seeing an ever increasing number of Western Sydney families becoming homeless and more families struggling to give their kids the basic ...

24. Unlimited Ways of Learning For ‘At Risk’ Students in South Australia
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... by TAFE. Each student is also supported with a one-on-one case worker, designed to help address the social and/or emotional issues that they may be facing. “We are seeing young people with increasingly ...