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1. Triple Care Farms students give back to local community
(Daily News/Blog)

... Day March in Sydney along with the makeover volunteers. They even got to meet members of The Footy Show team, including Paul Harrigan. Triple Care Farm Service Manager Gabriella Holmes said the volunteering ...

2. Westpac team to take on Kokoda Track for good causes
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... the group’s first training hike in March, they tackled The Great North Walk – a trail that spans from Sydney to Newcastle. They hiked along the section from Berowra to Cowan and back - a distance ...

3. Society will be judged by how it deals with homelessness, researcher says
(Daily News/Blog)

... the model, and the research team - Paul Flatau, Elizabeth Conroy, Tim Marchant, Lucy Burns, Bridget Spicer, Kathryn Di Nicola, Robyn Edwards, Alicia Bauskis, Marina Athanassios and Karen Larsen. Also ...

4. Robbie’s going across the Gobi for Australians in need
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... December 2011 when his friend Frank said he would train with Robbie if he did The Gobi March - a six-day, 250km trek in June across on of the most inhospitable regions on earth. Robbie was told ...

5. ‘We've got our son back’: parents praise DAYS in open letter
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... amphetamines every day and at the height of his habit weighed just 58kg. In March he graduated from DAYA weighing 74kg and clean of drugs. "I came in here a young boy and I am leaving a young man.”  ...

6. Snapshot paints depressing picture of impact of homelessness
(Daily News/Blog)

... report – the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Australian Social Trends (March Quarter 2012) – makes comparisons between the two groups across a range of indicators including: health, employment, lifestyle ...

7. Cheers febfasters on making it to March!
(Daily News/Blog)

A huge thanks to the fantastic febfasters who sent booze on a holiday during February to raise funds for youth programs, including Mission Australia’s Youth Beat service in South Australia and Tasmania. ...

8. Territory talent hunt begins in Central Australia
(Daily News/Blog)

... is open to vocalists under 19 years. Now in its second year, it’s the first time Urban Quest will be held in Alice Springs. Two acts from an Alice Springs semi-final, to be held in March, will go through ...

9. Charcoal Lane trainees get a taste of things to come
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... 10 March event at Charcoal Lane will be served a five-course degustation menu matched with wines and enjoy the company of Aboriginal community leaders. The dinner begins at 6.30pm and costs $150 per ...

10. Urban Quest winner shows Darwin High how it’s done at launch
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... in late February and March. The top performers will then go through to the 13 April semi-final at Darwin’s Casuarina Square and Alice Springs Youth Hub on 10 March. The semi-finals also kick off Youth ...

11. Urban Quest ready to take-off in NT schools
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... will be held in Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs in late February and March. All types of singers are welcome – from rappers and beatboxers to country and rock vocalists. Mission Australia introduced ...

12. Sydney tenancy support manager a future Indigenous Leader
(Daily News/Blog)

... 16 Aboriginal Australians to be offered the scholarship, and will begin a Certificate IV in Indigenous Leadership in March. Developed over seven years with the support of BHP Billiton, the new qualification ...

13. Urban Quest (NT)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... in late February and March.  The top performers from the Alice Springs heats went through to the semi-final at the Youth Hub on 10 March. The other heat winners will perform at Darwin’s Casuarina ...

14. Follow the Charcoal Lane story through film
(Daily News/Blog)

... with Marley’s story. Throughout the year her dedication was recognised with several awards. She began by winning the Apprenticeships Plus Monthly Apprentice/Trainee Award for March and was later a finalist ...

15. Reconnecting with life
(Community Services/Community Services)

... side. When Daniel’s poverty-stricken parents put him in a boy’s home at the age of 10, the sensitive child was heartbroken. He gradually lost contact with his family and spent his adolescence being marched ...

16. Put your old clothes to good use
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... a lot of programs," she said. "Their factory burnt down in March, so they need help restocking retail." Miss Meyers and Miss Moran will collect donated clothes and sell items on the day with all proceeds ...

17. Media coverage: Campbelltown-Macarthur Advertiser: Put your old clothes to good use
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... hoped the drive would help increase the charity's stocks of clothing. "We were placed with Mission Australia because they have a lot of programs," she said. "Their factory burnt down in March, so...University ...

18. Consumer Price Index - June quarter up 0.9%
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ABS Media Release, 27 July 2011 The ABS Consumer Price Index rose 0.9% in the June quarter 2011, compared with a rise of 1.6% in the March quarter 2011. The most significant price rises this quarter ...

19. North West community benefits from new Mission Australia office
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... referral, and assistance by specialist services for individual or family support. “Since July 2010 through to March 31 this year, 564 families have come through the Gateway Service seeking assistance ...

20. ABS Consumer Price Index - March Quarter up 1.6%
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ABS Media Release, 27 April 2011 The ABS Consumer Price Index rose 1.6% in the March quarter 2011, compared with a rise of 0.4% in the December quarter 2010. This is the largest quarterly rise in the CPI ...

21. MA joins campaign to advance poker machine reform
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MA Media Release, 30 March 2011  Mission Australia has thrown its support behind a campaign, jointly launched by Independent Tasmanian MP, Andrew Wilkie, and advocacy group, GetUp, to combat attempts ...

22. Tough call at Urban Quest semi-finals
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MA Media Release, 30 March 2011  Eleven acts are through to the Urban Quest Finals Concert on Saturday night after the judges struggled to choose just 10. Former Australian Idol judge Mark Holden delivered ...

23. Make a difference to someone's life - become a volunteer English tutor
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MA Media Release, 29 March 2011  Mission Australia's Home Tutor Service (HTS) in Parramatta is crying out for volunteers to teach newly arrived refugees and migrants English language skills to help them ...

24. Inequality is growing in Australia: ACOSS
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ACOSS Media Release, 27 March 2011  The peak body for the community and social welfare sector, ACOSS, says it will use its 2011 National Conference in Melbourne this week to illustrate the worsening plight ...

25. Mission Australia launches new education program for young mums
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MA Media Release, 23 March 2011  A new program that breaks the barriers preventing young mums from completing a mainstream education is now accepting enrolments in the Greater Dandenong region. The ...