Mission Australia

1. Social Policy Reports
(Document Downloads)

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 ...

2. Anti-Poverty Week 2009 - Poster
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Poster for Anti-Poverty Week 2009  ...

3. Experiencing Poverty
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The first results of research that aims to measure poverty in a new way were released today (Monday 6 March). The research highlights the problems facing low-income Australians who have missed out on the ...

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. Towards new indicators of Disadvantage: Deprivation and social exclusion in Australia
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Towards new indicators of disadvantage is the major report of a project which has aimed to understand disadvantage based on the actual living standards and experiences of people in poverty. The research ...

6. Experiencing Poverty: The Voices of Low-Income Australians
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... identification and measurement of poverty.  ...

7. Left out and missing out: Disability and disadvantage
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Recent research by the Social Policy Research Centre, Anglicare, Mission Australia and others has found that where there is someone in a household with a disability, poverty rates are higher and hardship ...

8. Left out and missing out: Voices from the margins
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Around one in seven Australians who turn to welfare organisations for help lack a substantial meal at least once a day accoridng to new research released in Anti-Poverty Week (14-20 October)  ...

9. The Towards New Indicators of Disadvantage Project
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... instruments (e.g. poverty lines) to better identify the extent and nature of disadvantage in Australia.  ...

10. Last minute Christmas gift ideas from Mission Australia!
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Mission Australia’s Christmas Appeal - This year’s Christmas appeal focuses on child poverty. Mission Australia helps disadvantaged children in a range of ways including by providing accommodation and ...

11. Mission Australia to host community forum at Rooty Hill RSL today
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... in the Mt Druitt area. Giving the keynote address at the forum will be Dr Fiona Hilferty from the University of NSW who will be speaking on the impact of poverty on children’s learning. Communities ...

12. PM for a day? What would you do to tackle poverty?
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Mission Australia is encouraging Australians of all ages to say what they would do to alleviate poverty if they were Prime Minister for a day to help mark Anti-Poverty Week (11-17 October). The best ...

13. The Mission Australia Story
(Pathways/About Us)

... City Mission) was established, making it the second oldest charitable organisation in Queensland. In 1860, Benjamin Short, a newly arrived immigrant from England, was appalled by the poverty that existed ...

14. Ambassadors
(Pathways/About Us)

... for the cause of poverty and homelessness throughout her Miss World experience and beyond. "The most wonderful thing a human being can do, is to help another, and this is exactly what Miss World's Beauty ...

15. Hear From Others Who Have Left a Bequest
(Donations/Bequests)

... day. When I first came out of teachers’ college and we went to the kindergartens around Woolloomooloo. I saw so much poverty. I’d never seen it before. I saw six people living in a single room, struggling ...

16. Research and Social Policy
(Research/Research and Social Policy)

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

17. The welfare experiment - an opinion piece from Mission Australia's CEO, Toby Hall
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... more across the country  – helps parents facing a range of challenges, including poverty, mental health issues, long-term unemployment and domestic violence. The program works with parents as they get ...

18. Mission Australia helping families cut energy bills to prevent poverty spiral
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Anti-Poverty Week Sunday, October 12 - Saturday, October 18 Families in Adelaide’s north western suburbs are slicing as much as $200 from their energy bills each quarter through a Mission Australia program ...

19. Making university education accessible to disadvantaged Australians
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... is modelled on a successful initiative in the USA and is based on the belief that poverty is more than just exclusion from material goods – it’s also about social exclusion. Catalyst-Clemente program ...

20. New poverty research shows Australians missing out
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Around one in seven Australians who turn to welfare organisations for help lack a substantial meal at least once a day according to new research released in Anti-Poverty Week (14-20 October). The research ...

21. Work for dole project reconstructing history in SA
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... Adelaide and regional centres, with strong expertise particularly in dealing with homelessness, poverty, family disruption, youth issues, and drug and alcohol abuse.  ...

22. University courses for disadvantaged Australians offer a path out of poverty
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... new possibilities for the future. Catalyst-Clemente is modelled on a previously successful initiative in the USA and is based on the belief that poverty is more than just exclusion from material goods ...

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

... in need. Ms Paskevicius said Christmas Lunch in the Park is both an important service and a social event for families and individuals who are experiencing poverty, marriage breakdown, unemployment, drug ...

24. AGL stages Christmas party for struggling families
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... be a real struggle,” Mission Australia spokesman Daniel Clements said. “When you’re trying to set up a stable home for your children, and often having to deal with major challenges such as poverty, family ...

25. Australian-first study shows achievements of ground-breaking early intervention program
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... If there is upheaval during this time – particularly during the transition from preschool to school – there is a greater chance a person will experience difficulties, including poverty, unemployment and ...