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1. The cost of homelessness
(News/MA Newsletter)

... (feeling confident that they could address their problems) and a stronger than expected attachment to the labour market, with around half having held a full-time job within the past two years. Over the ...

2. Helping the most vulnerable avoid a jobs abyss: Toby Hall
(Daily News/Blog)

Reform of Australia's training system is vital as young Australians again bear the brunt of an uncertain labour market, Mission Australia CEO Toby Hall writes in The National Times.  Read extract ...

3. Wollongong youth get a helping hand from jobs workshop
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... things pick up. “During a downturn it’s the casual, part-time and lower skilled jobs in the labour market – the type of work young people rely on – that are first to go and the last to return. “So while ...

4. 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 ...

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

... or mental illness need to be able to enter the labour market.” This project will also have an environmental benefit, as job seekers will be working to reduce waste material such as car seats, from the ...

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

... figures, helping job seekers and employment service providers alike. This year’s report focuses on regional labour markets and contains useful information about occupations and industries and about state ...

7. Youth Employment Stategy (YES) - 2010
(Downloads/Social Policy Reports/Social Policy Reports Documents)

... percent (ABS Labour Force Survey January 2010). This is nearly three times higher than the unemployment rate across the whole of the population. The youth participation rate has also declined consistently ...

8. Working for renewal
(Downloads/Social Policy Reports/Social Policy Reports Documents)

An evaluation of Mission Australia’s UREEP a social enterprise and transitional labour market program  ...