Mission Australia

1. Mission Australia Centre
(Document Downloads)

The Mission Australia Centre in central Sydney aims to break the cycle of homelessness. The service provides varying levels of intervention through flexible, innovative responsive services, programs and ...

2. Mission Australia Centre
(Community Services/Community Services)

... groundbreaking centre is the first of its kind in Australia and provides a bridge to greater social and economic participation. Specialised staff and volunteers are committed to tackling the real problems ...

3. State and Territory governments must set targets to reduce numbers of young people in detention
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... territory governments currently had the wrong policy settings... for effectively tackling juvenile offending.   Mission Australia’s spokesperson, Anne Hampshire, said research and experience ...

4. New report shows groundbreaking homeless service is a success
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... is that they come at a time when both the Federal and NSW State Governments are considering their respective plans for tackling homelessness. "We hope they both examine these findings and use the MAC's ...

5. Community Services in NSW
(Community Services/Community Services by State)

... to tackling the real problems faced by individuals - not just the symptoms. The non-institutionalised environment aims to prevent the stigmatisation felt by homeless and marginalised people in the past ...

6. Solid start for Community Response Task Force
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... And the work they’re doing is increasingly complex so cases take longer to process. “Today’s meeting was a solid start and I know that all the Task Force’s members look forward to tackling these problems ...

7. Here comes trouble: new Sounds of the Street album
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... during the intensive six month TAFE accredited program before they record the tracks in the recording studio at CYI... “On this album the young musicians are tackling the trouble, as well as the ...

8. Mission Australia welcomes Homelessness Revolution
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Mission Australia – one of the largest providers of services to homeless people in the country – has welcomed the Rudd Government’s White Paper strategy on tackling homelessness calling it “the most significant ...

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

... symptoms? If we’re serious about tackling these problems – if we really want to address the root causes of child neglect or why there were 58,000 proven cases of child abuse or neglect in Australia last ...

10. Latest homeless figures reflect 'wasted years of inaction'
(News/Media Releases Archive)

Today’s release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ 2006 Census of homeless people confirms the failure of past homeless policies and is evidence why a dramatic new approach to tackling the problem ...

11. Tackling truancy - is cutting welfare payments an effective method?
(News/Media Releases Archive)

The debate surrounding the linking of welfare payments to school attendance has brought out strong views on both sides – not surprising for issues so fundamental to our community’s well-being. Parents ...

12. Gambling binge cost the State Billions
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... take away the stigma.” Responsible Gambling Awareness Week is run from 12th – 18th May. Mission Australia is urging people to take a community approach to tackling problem gambling. For further information ...

13. UN report on Australian housing crisis rings true
(News/Media Releases Archive)

... and poor quality housing; generate an environment which encourages private equity involvement in coming up with creative solutions to tackling affordability and homelessness; look at ways of ...

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

... respect. Mission Australia has consistently called for an integrated approach to tackling social problems – that is, programs that involve contributions from governments, businesses and the community. ...