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Anti-Poverty Week: Breaking the link between poverty and homelessness

30 September 2024
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Anchoring action this Homelessness Week

02 August 2024
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Reconciliation 2024 – Now, More Than Ever

23 May 2024
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International Women’s Day: Accelerate progress to end women’s homelessness

13 February 2024
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26 January – a day to reflect on actions towards reconciled and more equitable society

16 January 2024
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This season of giving, let’s give our attention, compassion and voice to ending homelessness

21 December 2023
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Anti-Poverty Week: Let's build a more equitable future

03 October 2023
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Opinion

Homelessness Week: Let’s rip off the Band-Aid and end homelessness for good

07 August 2023
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Opinion

Mission Australia won’t rest until everyone has a safe home

06 June 2023
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Opinion

Reconciliation 2023 – Let’s be a voice for generations

19 May 2023
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International Women’s Day: Together, let’s end homelessness for women in Australia

03 March 2023
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Opinion

How to stop people ageing into homelessness

26 September 2022
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Opinion

Adequate income support and social housing could end poverty-induced homelessness

26 September 2022
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Opinion

Reconciliation needs brave actions to make change

17 May 2022
Election Priorities 2022
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Seven priority areas that need to be addressed ahead of the 2022 election

11 April 2022
Staying for the long haul: How we’re responding to Australia’s destructive floods. 
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Staying for the long haul: How we’re responding to Australia’s destructive floods

24 March 2022
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Opinion

Why we hope that one day, no one comes to our Christmas lunch

22 December 2021
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Opinion

Keeping up the momentum post-COVID

08 November 2021
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Opinion

A message from James

20 October 2021
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Opinion

Poverty is not a personal choice, it’s a choice not to act

18 October 2021
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Ending homelessness is not a pipe dream

30 July 2021
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Opinion

Reconciliation needs brave and impactful action

26 May 2021
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From challenge comes change

08 March 2021
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NAIDOC Week: Always was, always will be

09 November 2020
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Valuing, respecting and supporting older Australians

30 September 2020
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COVID-19 and the mental health crisis: R U (really) OK?

09 September 2020
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From recession to recovery: Let’s not miss the boat to end homelessness

30 July 2020
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Reconciliation is 2020

27 May 2020
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Serving Australia’s most vulnerable together, while apart

30 April 2020
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During this public health crisis, no one should be left behind

19 March 2020
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Sadness, gratitude and hope amidst Australia’s worst bushfires

23 January 2020
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Australia is no place for poverty deniers

11 October 2019
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Leave a lasting legacy for charity

10 September 2019
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To have Housing First…Australia needs housing, first

05 August 2019
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Let’s listen without prejudice this NAIDOC Week

05 July 2019
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Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much

21 May 2019
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There’s no place like home for families in need

14 May 2019
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We must do more to end violence in the home

30 April 2019
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NSW commits to halve rough sleeping by 2025

26 February 2019
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If you’re lonely, you’re not alone

26 February 2019
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Mission Australia CEO’s experience on Together we Trek: Larapinta Trail 2018

11 December 2018
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The reality of Reality TV

14 August 2018
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CEO puts his best foot forward for vulnerable young people

30 May 2018
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Reconciliation Week reflection: The long tail of inequality and oppression is still very present in Australia today

29 May 2018
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Listening to Australia’s young people

16 April 2018
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A place to call home

20 March 2018
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Why we need to close the gap

15 March 2018
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Striving for equity this International Women’s Day

08 March 2018
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Hobart’s property market holds the key to reducing homelessness

01 March 2018
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We don’t all start from an equal place, but everyone deserves an equal opportunity

28 February 2018
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Mission Australia CEO Announcement – Statement From Chairman Ken Dean

31 October 2017
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Could you survive on $38 dollars a day?

19 October 2017
Sydney housing
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What’s really needed to ease Sydney’s growing pains

11 October 2017
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Social and affordable housing is key to the future of national housing policy

27 September 2017
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Beyond supply

25 September 2017
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Opinion

Positive pathways preventing detention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

19 September 2017
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Mission Australia, Vinnies and Salvos say Sydney Street Count shows urgent action is needed

18 August 2017
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Instead of getting defensive, churches should work to address domestic violence

01 August 2017
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Opinion

Ending the energy supplement will leave most in need out in the cold

14 July 2017
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Catherine Yeomans CEO - Statement from Mission Australia Chairman Ken Dean

03 July 2017
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Welfare changes risk pushing people into poverty

26 June 2017
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Let’s take the next steps towards a reconciled Australia

26 May 2017
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Federal Budget helps homeless, but vulnerable Australians will still slip through the cracks

11 May 2017
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Opinion

Zero tolerance needed to end scourge of domestic and family violence

30 April 2017
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Opinion

The Five-Year Youth Mental Health Report has launched

19 April 2017
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Youth Homelessness Matters Day

05 April 2017
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Vulnerable Australians must not bear the brunt of budget savings

21 March 2017
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The Great Australian Dream is not a harbourside mansion

17 March 2017
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Opinion

International Women's Day 2017

03 March 2017
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Mental health deserves national attention but it also needs more national action

27 February 2017
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It’s like giving some people a seat on the bus, while those who most need to sit down are told to get off and push.

19 February 2017
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Opinion

Australia Day, a day to reflect on how we create a reconciled and equitable society

22 January 2017
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Opinion

Try explaining to a four-year-old why Santa won’t be stopping by this year

21 December 2016
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Opinion

Section 18C is not the problem, discrimination is

19 December 2016
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Opinion

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31 October 2016
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Opinion

We have to open our eyes and challenge the politics of division wherever we see it.

10 November 2016
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Opinion

Mr Morrison is wrong to devolve responsibility to the states

04 November 2016
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Opinion

When one life event triggered homelessness in two older women

07 October 2016
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Opinion

Australia's welfare safety net is a myth

13 September 2016
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Opinion

Father's Day and National Child Protection Week

05 September 2016
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Opinion

It’s about giving young people a hand up to break the cycle of poverty

22 August 2016
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Opinion

Last chance for young people to have their say!

18 August 2016
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Opinion

It makes good census that #Homelessnesscounts

05 August 2016
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Opinion

Juvenile Incarceration

01 August 2016
Homeless person on a park bench
Opinion

We must give a voice to the homeless

01 July 2016
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Opinion

Too many individuals and families struggle to meet their basic needs

10 June 2016
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Opinion

Reconciliation requires deep reflection and urgent action

31 May 2016
Homeless person lieing on a park bench
Opinion

We must never forget shelter is a basic human right

19 May 2016
Woman standing against a wall
Opinion

Violence in the home - let's call a spade a spade

19 May 2016
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Opinion

Ending youth homelessness

29 April 2016
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Opinion

It’s time to rethink youth homelessness

14 April 2016
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Opinion

All young people should have a voice this Youth Week

11 April 2016
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Opinion

Report finds housing-first support for the homeless makes social & economic sense

14 March 2016
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Opinion

We need more youth focused treatment services to tackle the national catastrophe of ice addiction

29 February 2016
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Opinion

Taxing times – housing key to creating growth for all

11 February 2016
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If NSW can commit to social housing, why can’t the Commonwealth and other states?

08 February 2016
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Opinion

It is the job of all of us to help young people find the way

05 February 2016
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Opinion

Budget must support young vulnerable job seekers

27 April 2016

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