Mission Australia

1. 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 ...

2. Our Response to Commonwealth Gov Green Paper - Which way home
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... work across all levels of Government and promote local responses under a national strategy. Our approach is informed by practise wisdom and backed up by extensive national and international research.  ...

3. 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 ...

4. Experiencing Poverty: The Voices of Low-Income Australians
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Towards New Indicators of Disadvantage Project Stage I: Focus Group Outcomes The research reported in this publication forms the first stage of a project designed to develop new indicators of disadvantage ...

5. The Families on the Fringe report
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The Families on the Fringe report was a co-operative research project between The University of Queensland, Mission Australia, and The Benevolent Society – and funded by the Australian Research Council. ...

6. The Families on the Fringe report - Summary Snapshot
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The Families on the Fringe report was a co-operative research project between The University of Queensland, Mission Australia, and The Benevolent Society – and funded by the Australian Research Council. ...

7. Young people and the criminal justice system: New insights and promising responses
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This publication features new research about young offenders undertaken by Jioji Ravulo from MA’s youth services in western Sydney. It confirms that much better outcomes for Juvenile Justice are achieved ...

8. 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 ...

9. 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)  ...

10. An icon for exit: The Mission Australia Centre 2005-2008
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... by the community sector, the Mission Australia Centre initiative brought together a wide range of stakeholders – clients, practitioners, researchers, policy makers, business people, philanthropists, and ...

11. The Towards New Indicators of Disadvantage Project
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Bulletin No.1 - Identifying the Essentials of Life By Peter Saunders. This project is a collaboration between researchers at the Social Policy Research Centre (SPRC) and analysts from the Australian Council ...

12. Youth Employment Stategy (YES)
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... and international research and analysis.  ...

13. Caring in the 21st Century: Costs, Opportunities and Custody
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Bettina Cass (Social Policy Research Centre) and Gabrielle Upton (Deputy Chair of the Taskforce on Care Costs) Caring in the 21st century is one of the most significant contemporary challenges facing individuals, ...

14. Crime and Social Isolation: Beyond Moral Panics and Bad Parents
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Dr Murray Lee is senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Western Sydney in the School of Applied Social and Human Sciences. Dr Murray has also been a research coordinator on a large three-year ...

15. Social Policy and Early Intervention - Ilan Katz
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This seminar is presented by Professor Ilan Katz, Acting Director of the Social Policy Research Centre, and Jenny Chaves, Services Manager for Mission Australia’s Communities for Children Initiative in ...

16. Social Policy and Early Intervention - Jenny Chaves
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This seminar is presented by Professor Ilan Katz, Acting Director of the Social Policy Research Centre, and Jenny Chaves, Services Manager for Mission Australia’s Communities for Children Initiative in ...

17. Addressing Indigenous Disadvantage - Nicholas Biddle
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Nicholas Biddle and Jon Altman, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) and Ruth McCausland, Jumbunna’s Research Unit. ...

18. Addressing Indigenous Disadvantage - Ruth McCausland
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Nicholas Biddle and Jon Altman, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) and Ruth McCausland, Jumbunna’s Research Unit.  ...

19. The scale, composition and some solutions to the housing needs of Indigenous Australians
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Nicholas Biddle, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU. ...

20. Senior Research & Projects Officer - Sydney
(Work For Mission Australia/ Mission Australia Jobs - New South Wales)

We are seeking to employ a Senior Research & Projects Officer to work within our Research and Social Policy team, based in Sydney. With extensive experience in social research you will be looking for ...

21. High & Complex Needs in Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
(Community Services/Community Services)

Mission Australia is carrying out research into the high and complex needs of clients accessing Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) agencies, in partnership with the Department of Families, ...

22. Catalyst-Clemente Program
(Community Services/Community Services)

... responsibilities include: Providing support and academic assistance (e.g. help with organisational skills, library and internet research, essay writing, referencing, etc). Maintaining privacy, confidentiality ...

23. State and Territory governments must set targets to reduce numbers of young people in detention
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... territory governments currently had the wrong policy settings... for effectively tackling juvenile offending.   Mission Australia’s spokesperson, Anne Hampshire, said research and experience ...

24. National Skilled Volunteer Opportunities
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... research, document collection, literature review and procedure development of new and reworking of existing documentation. The tasks will be prioritizing based on the critical requirements of current services ...

25. New report shows groundbreaking homeless service is a success
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... own experiences, research among other agencies and what we saw working overseas - this service really was a first for this country," said Mr Hall. "Now we have the results that show the MAC approach works. ...