Search - minister

1. Miller Pathways celebrate Families Week
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia’s child and family service in the Liverpool area, Miller Pathways, celebrated Families Week on Friday by hosting a free Community Fun Day. The Federal Minister for Human Services, Senator ...

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

... Intensive Supported Housing Accord (MISHA), which will build on the successes and findings from the Michael Project. Mission Australia has also been speaking to government ministers around the country ...

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. Our Roma House adventurers scale new heights
(Daily News/Blog)

... program. They also met Queensland Minister for Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services, the Hon. Tracy Davis MP, who saw first-hand the impact this innovative program had on lives. The abseiling ...

5. Report finds new homeless service model saves money, changes lives
(Daily News/Blog)

... you save money.” Mission Australia has been speaking to government ministers around the country about how we can improve the lives of people who are homeless. The Michael Project, New Perspectives ...

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

... from Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Jenny Macklin, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Minister for Disability Reform, to learn more about the SAIF funding allocations. ...

7. New Sydney service helping to keep Aboriginal people housed
(Daily News/Blog)

... Minister for Community Services, Pru Goward. Based in Marrickville, in Sydney’s inner-west, this service aims to prevent Aboriginal people becoming homeless by helping them to establish and maintain ...

8. Seniors’ Week salute to grandparents raising grandchildren
(Daily News/Blog)

... spoke to 50 New South Wales politicians at the invitation of the Council on the Ageing (COTA), Mission Australia and Family and Community Services Minister Pru Goward. Since the age of three Tarsha has ...

9. ABC video shows Going Places housing program getting results in Cairns
(Daily News/Blog)

... earlier this month met the Minister for Homelessness, Brendan O'Connor (also featured in the ABC video) – said that having a home had changed his life. "Because I hadn't had a unit since 1997, I just ...

10. Giving voice to the voiceless
(Community Services/Community Services)

... thanks to our reputation for working with people experiencing homelessness, that we were invited to part of the Minister’s expert panel shaping the largest investment in mental health services in a generation. ...

11. Roma House stars in new Under 1 Roof film
(Daily News/Blog)

... homelessness. The six-minute film, which was produced by Griffith Film School through its Community Engagement program, was launched last month by the Queensland Minister for Community Services and Housing, ...

12. With a little help from our friends
(Daily News/Blog)

... Valley, Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan got into the spirit of the day at Mission Australia’s Café One on Wickham by serving up Christmas breakfast to guests who had experienced hard times during 2011. ...

13. Mission Australia places millionth job seeker
(Daily News/Blog)

Minister for Employment Participation Kate Ellis recently visited a Mission Australia client to congratulate him on finding work and announce that he is the millionth job placement made under the Job Services ...

14. Lead experts
(Pathways/About Us)

... mental health system through our involvement with the Minister for Mental Health’s Expert Working Group. Knowledge experts Our Research and Social Policy Unit (RSPU) is key to our capacity to advocate ...

15. Resolve to help at-risk Queenslanders stay housed
(Daily News/Blog)

... early symptoms of mental illness. This week Disability Services Minister Curtis Pitt announced that Mission Australia will receive $720,000 through the Resolve initiative. “We know that social housing ...

16. A fresh start for Goodstart
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... 2008. The launch of the new name took place yesterday morning at a Goodstart Early Learning Centre in Indooroopilly, Brisbane, and was attended by the Federal Childcare Minister Kate Ellis and Goodstart ...

17. Common Ground Sydney supportive housing initiative opens doors
(Daily News/Blog)

Sydney’s landmark supportive housing initiative – Common Ground Sydney – was opened today by the Federal Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness, Senator Mark Arbib, the NSW Minister for Community ...

18. Mass Sleepout to raise funds for Sydney’s youth homeless
(News/Media Releases Archive)

...  Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness Mark Arbib will be among those sleeping out on Saturday. “Mission Australia and HRX are to be congratulated for raising funds to help provide housing ...

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

... in Western Australia.A free sausage sizzle lunch and cool drinks will also be served, with the Minister for Mental Health, Helen Morton MLC wielding the barbecue tongs. Mission Australia’s Acting State ...

20. Norm's Blog: Day Three Part Two - The City and County of San Francisco, Office of the Treasurer Tax Collector.
(Daily News/Blog)

... a number of financial inclusion programs as part of the work it does administering the funds the city gets in tax’s from its residents. The Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector pioneered a program ...

21. Clifton Adolescent and Family Support (CAFS)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... parents and young people; Information, referrals and practical assistance; Youth support and case management.   CAFS is fully funded under the Specialist Homeless Services and administered by the ...

22. Tasmanian double car theft victim receives restored car
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... by the Minister for Police and Emergency Management David O’Byrne and Assistant Commissioner Donna Adams. Achievement Awards were also presented at the graduation ceremony, including the Encouragement ...

23. Supportive model to tackle homelessness in Sydney
(Daily News/Blog)

Last week, the founder of Common Ground New York, Rosanne Haggerty (pictured), joined MA Housing CEO Andrew McAnulty, the Federal Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness, Senator Mark Arbib, Federal ...

24. 70 jobs in Warwick region Indigenous Employment project
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Indigenous Employment Program. Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development Mark Arbib said the Warwick Employment Service Area Industry project, delivered by Mission Australia, showed ...

25. Nation leading problem gambling service officially launched in the ACT
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... issued on the 4 August 2011 by Andew Barr MLA, Deputy Chief Minister, Treasurer, Minister for Economic Development, Education and Training, Tourism, Sport and Recreation in the ACT Legislative Assembl ...