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1. Yalari students ready to tackle school with donated laptops
(Daily News/Blog)

... Rugby. The Yalari Foundation provides Aboriginal children from regional and rural communities with full boarding scholarships to some of Australia’s highest-achieving schools. On Wednesday some of ...

2. Stars come out to support HRX Sleepout
(Daily News/Blog)

... Goulburn and learning more about the issues facing rural communities - particularly homelessness in rural communities. Since seeing first-hand the great work being done by our Goulburn team, he’s now ...

3. Overcoming rural homelessness
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Media coverage - Prime News, 19 August 2011 Mission Australia’s Central and Far Western Community Services Manager, Luke Butcher, recently spoke to Prime Seven News about the success of the Homelessness ...

4. Media coverage - Prime News: Overcoming rural homelessness
(Daily News/Blog)

Mission Australia’s Central and Far Western Community Services Manager, Luke Butcher, recently spoke to Prime Seven News about the success of the Homelessness Action Plan (HAP) in Bathurst, New South Wales. ...

5. Sounds of hope from a new generation
(Daily News/Blog)

Growing up an only child in a small town in rural NSW, Clare* spent her childhood dreaming of becoming a country music star, just like Emmylou Harris. Today, 18-year-old Clare is a talented singer, songwriter ...

6. Language program opening doors for new arrivals
(Daily News/Blog)

... more than 30 metro and rural locations. The program aims to help build students’ verbal and written English skills and in turn open doors to employment, study and community participation. It also...Last ...

7. Another doorway opens for at-risk youth
(Daily News/Blog)

... River, in regional New South Wales, has been completely remodelled to cater for eight young people aged from 13 to 18 at a time. The new centre provides a welcome rural setting for youth to receive individualised ...

8. Stopping the spiral into homelessness
(Daily News/Blog)

...  Tom grew up on an isolated farm in rural Victoria with his brother Pete* and their mother, who battled a lifelong mental illness. Tom left school in Year 10 and started a career as a fitter and turner. ...

9. Craigie passes on smart gambling message
(Daily News/Blog)

... had become a major issue around the country, not just in rural NSW: “Our program is out there reaching people that have got problems. We're not trying to tell them to stop gambling, just be smart about ...

10. Financial skills help steer young people towards a positive future
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... vulnerable groups such as low-income earners, rural indigenous participants, people with mental and physical disabilities, high school students, prisoners, unemployed, youth at-risk, migrants, and sole ...

11. Language program opens doors to work, study and the community
(Daily News/Blog)

...  Catering for a wide range of backgrounds and ages, Mission Australia delivers this program in 40 city and rural locations. In the Sydney metropolitan area, women make up 70 percent of the 400 LLNP students. ...

12. 300 Melbournians to get taste of reconciliation on Sandridge Bridge
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... 450 services across metropolitan, rural and regional Australia – in every state and territory – and last year assisted more than 300,000 people. Mission Australia has been helping change the lives of individuals ...

13. Darwin services closed as area on cyclone alert
(Daily News/Blog)

... shelters in Darwin, Palmertson and nearby rural areas. Residents are reminded these shelters do not admit animals, provide food or special baby needs. For more information visit www.bom.gov.au/nt/ or ...

14. Lightning Ridge Big Day Out
(Daily News/Blog)

... helped to erect the shades while McKillop Rural Community Services took care of the jumping castle. The Outback Division of General Practice also provided nutritional advice and fresh fruit and vegetables. ...

15. Medical Transport Service (NT)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... and rural areas who have limited financial means.  ...

16. Indigenous Youth Mobility Program (NT and SA)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... the country. IYMP provides support, practical assistance and case management to young people from regional, rural and remote aboriginal communities.  ...

17. Disability Employment Solutions
(Employment Services/Job Seekers)

... retail, hospitality, manufacturing, construction, office administration, clerical, harvest and rural, to name just a few. We also have up to date information on Australian Apprenticeships. Tailored and ...

18. Triple R Services - Gambling & Financial Counselling (NSW)
(Community Services/Community Services)

... These services operate from NSW and work in many different areas and helps people in metro, regional and rural communities. There are many other activities that Triple R Services are doing in communities, ...

19. Job Seekers
(Employment Services/Job Seekers)

... people in positions across many varied occupations and industries including retail, hospitality, manufacturing, construction, office administration, clerical, harvest and rural, to name just a few. We ...

20. Support Mission Australia
(Donations/Support Mission Australia)

... and provide employment solutions. In 2009-10 we operated over 550 community and employment services from 350 sites in metropolitan, rural and regional Australia. Our services transformed the lives of ...

21. Make an online donation to Mission Australia
(Donations/Support Mission Australia)

... us, please download the Donation Authorisation Form at this link. In 2009-10 we operated over 550 community and employment services from 350 sites in metropolitan, rural and regional Australia. Our ...

22. Teachers and students resource page
(Uncategorised Content)

... We are committed to eliminating disadvantage and creating a fairer Australia. With more than 450 services across metropolitan, rural and regional Australia – in every state and territory - we assist more ...

23. Crime and Social Isolation: Beyond Moral Panics and Bad Parents
(Downloads/Social Policy Seminars/Social Policy Seminars Documents)

... ARC funded project investigating violence in rural communities and has recently been conducting community research studies in a number of south-western Sydney localities.  ...

24. Rural and Regional Australia: Change, Challenge and Capacity
(Downloads/Social Policy Reports/Social Policy Reports Documents)

... report makes a number of recommendations and calls for a whole of government approach – in co-operation with business and community organisations – to decrease inequality between rural/regional and metropolitan ...

25. The Families on the Fringe report
(Downloads/Social Policy Reports/Social Policy Reports Documents)

... and Oakey (an inland rural town west of Brisbane) and reports on the reasons for their move and the issues faced.  ...