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... and Welfare (AIHW). The Juvenile Detention population in Australia 2011 report found that on an average night in the June quarter of 2011 there were 1,055 young people in detention, and 48 per cent who ...
Thursday, 09 February 2012
... a RAP and more than 1.6 million people now work or study in organisations committed to achieving reconciliation. In 2009 Mission Australia became the first welfare organisation in Australia to launch ...
Monday, 06 February 2012
... Australian Women's Weekly Bethany and one of her classmates from Aim’n High recently spoke about their experiences on Sunrise ‘Call for compassion in program to move young mothers off welfare’ in the Sydney ...
Wednesday, 04 January 2012
4. Executive Leadership Team (ELT)
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... the UK’s largest provider of welfare to work programs – and a Director of Goodstart Early Learning.   Bruce Eagles  Grad Dip Christian Ministry National Chaplain Having served ...
Thursday, 22 December 2011
... 15 December 2011 by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), shows that of people needing new and immediate accommodation in 2010-11, 59 per cent were unable to be placed. The AIHW’s ...
Thursday, 15 December 2011
6. Staff on a mission all pull together
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... 2009 it became the first Australian welfare organisation to launch a Reconciliation Action Plan aimed at reducing the gap in living standards between Aboriginal people and other Australians. The plan focuses ...
Monday, 12 December 2011
7. Lead experts
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... for sector reform. Mission Australia also pushed for welfare reform, particularly better support for people on the Disability Support Pension to join the workforce. And we helped shape reforms to the ...
Monday, 21 November 2011
... weekly costs are largely covered and most people end up with money in their pocket." ACOSS, the peak body of the community services and welfare sector and a national voice for the needs of people affected ...
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
One of the country’s largest providers of accommodation and support services for homeless people says Australia’s homeless children are being let down by a patchwork approach to their welfare and a lack ...
Thursday, 27 October 2011
... in these endeavours have been blunted by years of welfare dependency? New Zealand might give us some ideas on how to achieve it. The NZ Local Government Act of 2002 introduced a series of reforms to bring ...
Wednesday, 26 October 2011
... providing job seekers with the right balance between obligations and incentives to get them into work and keep them there. One of the chief recommendations of the McClure Report into welfare reform – ...
Thursday, 20 October 2011
... in an office in Belconnen and not those working on the frontline of the problem? Johns claims this issue has revealed the “dark corner” of the welfare sector. What fantasy. The only darkness revealed ...
Friday, 14 October 2011
Media Coverage: ABC TV 7.30, 5 October 2011 The ABC reported there was consensus at this week’s Canberra tax forum on an unexpected issue. Experts from business and welfare groups all agreed that the ...
Thursday, 06 October 2011
14. How fair are unemployment benefits?
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Media Coverage - ABC TV 7.30, 5 October 2011 The ABC reported there was consensus at this week’s Canberra tax forum on an unexpected issue. Experts from business and welfare groups all agreed that the ...
Thursday, 06 October 2011
... community welfare organisations are calling for a shift towards intensive support programs instead. The South Australian Social Inclusion Unit's To Break The Cycle report and Mission Australia's publication ...
Thursday, 18 August 2011
... problems can adversely affect the safety, health, welfare and rights of residents. “Concurrently, the capacity of licensed boarding houses is declining, and there are concerns that vulnerable people ...
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
New national data released today showing an increase in demand for welfare services across Australia mirrors Mission Australia's own frontline experience. Mission Australia CEO, Toby Hall, said the number ...
Monday, 15 August 2011
... to find. Missionbeat is one of my favourite Mission Australia services. It’s headed up by one of Sydney’s most influential and inspirational people when it comes to social welfare - Daniel Str...On Sunday, ...
Thursday, 11 August 2011
... of the country’s churches and welfare agencies to raise their voices in public support. Mission Australia’s CEO, Toby Hall, said most fair-minded people would be uncomfortable with the prospect of ...
Thursday, 11 August 2011
VicHealth Media Release, 4 August The Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (VicHealth) and Hanover Welfare Services have put the spotlight on the links between housing and health in Australia, with the ...
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
21. Reform efforts have charities all atwitter
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... welfare space than other countries,” Morris-Smith says. “I think the financial community has an important role to play in advancing that conversation by collecting rigorous data and constructing benchmarks.” ...
Monday, 25 July 2011
22. Concern at numbers of homeless people turned away
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... help from government-funded homeless shelters are turned away each day. The data, released this morning by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, show thatof people needing new and immediate accommodation ...
Thursday, 09 June 2011
23. Mental pain catches bad backs
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Media coverage - The Australian, 7 June 2011 Mental illness is set to overtake "bad backs" as the most common reason for receiving the disability support pension, and welfare and employment services groups ...
Tuesday, 07 June 2011
24. MA welcomes budget focus on disadvantaged areas
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... people’s reciprocal obligations – obligations we think are in line with community expectations,” said Mr Hall. “There’s nothing in the government’s welfare-to-work changes that we think are particularly ...
Wednesday, 11 May 2011
25. System fails jobless on disability support
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Media coverage - Newcastle Herald, 10 May 2011 As we prepare for tonight’s Budget, Mission Australia’s CEO Toby Hall says it’s time to take the emotion out of the welfare reform debate and realise the ...
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
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