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International Women’s Day: Turning promises into progress to end women’s homelessness

20 February 2025

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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

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Reconciliation 2024 – Now, More Than Ever

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

13 February 2024

Jan 26 Opinion Piece

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

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

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Reconciliation 2023 – Let’s be a voice for generations

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

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How to stop people ageing into homelessness

26 September 2022

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

26 September 2022

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Reconciliation needs brave actions to make change

Election Priorities 2022

Seven priority areas that need to be addressed ahead of the 2022 election

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

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

Jo Saddler with MA volunteers

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

22 December 2021

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Keeping up the momentum post-COVID

08 November 2021

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A message from James

20 October 2021

poor man looking hopeless

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

18 October 2021

Homeless woman with her child living in a garage

Ending homelessness is not a pipe dream

Indigenous girl looking happy

Reconciliation needs brave and impactful action

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From challenge comes change

Indigenous Kids

NAIDOC Week: Always was, always will be

09 November 2020

Elder couple

Valuing, respecting and supporting older Australians

30 September 2020

Asking friend how are they doing

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

09 September 2020

Homelessness

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

NRW

Reconciliation is 2020

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Serving Australia’s most vulnerable together, while apart

Woman isolating at home

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

Bushfire

Sadness, gratitude and hope amidst Australia’s worst bushfires

23 January 2020

Poor family looking sad

Australia is no place for poverty deniers

11 October 2019

Elder couple looking happy

Leave a lasting legacy for charity

10 September 2019

Woree Housing construction

To have Housing First…Australia needs housing, first

Indigenous brother and sister

Let’s listen without prejudice this NAIDOC Week

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Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much

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There’s no place like home for families in need

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We must do more to end violence in the home

Rough sleeper

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

A contestant on the show Filthy Rich and Homeless

The reality of Reality TV

A group of people trekking in the wild

CEO puts his best foot forward for vulnerable young people

Two indigenous kids.

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

A group of youth gathering.

Listening to Australia’s young people

A mother with her daughter living in a car

A place to call home

Two indigenous ladies smiling

Why we need to close the gap

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Striving for equity this International Women’s Day

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Hobart’s property market holds the key to reducing homelessness

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

28 February 2018

James Toomey

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

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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Positive pathways preventing detention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

19 September 2017

Homeless lady son the side of the road

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

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

A family on a couch

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

Catherine Yeomans

Catherine Yeomans CEO - Statement from Mission Australia Chairman Ken Dean

Father worrying about finances

Welfare changes risk pushing people into poverty

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Let’s take the next steps towards a reconciled Australia

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

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Zero tolerance needed to end scourge of domestic and family violence

Two young girls walking down a hallway

The Five-Year Youth Mental Health Report has launched

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Youth Homelessness Matters Day

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Vulnerable Australians must not bear the brunt of budget savings

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The Great Australian Dream is not a harbourside mansion

Two women smiling

International Women's Day 2017

Woman looking out of the window

Mental health deserves national attention but it also needs more national action

27 February 2017

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

22 January 2017

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

21 December 2016

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Section 18C is not the problem, discrimination is

19 December 2016

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Opinion

31 October 2016

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

10 November 2016

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Mr Morrison is wrong to devolve responsibility to the states

04 November 2016

Elderly woman

When one life event triggered homelessness in two older women

07 October 2016

Young woman

Australia's welfare safety net is a myth

13 September 2016

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Father's Day and National Child Protection Week

05 September 2016

Young boy against a fence

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

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Last chance for young people to have their say!

Two homeless people on a bench

It makes good census that #Homelessnesscounts

Young boy sitting against a fence

Juvenile Incarceration

Homeless person on a park bench

We must give a voice to the homeless

Father looking at finances

Too many individuals and families struggle to meet their basic needs

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Reconciliation requires deep reflection and urgent action

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

Homeless person lieing on a park bench

We must never forget shelter is a basic human right

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Ending youth homelessness

Young blonde girl

It’s time to rethink youth homelessness

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All young people should have a voice this Youth Week

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

Sad girl against a wall

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

29 February 2016

Family moving into a new home

Taxing times – housing key to creating growth for all

11 February 2016

Mother with child on her shoulders

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

08 February 2016

Youth walking along a street

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

05 February 2016

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Budget must support young vulnerable job seekers

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