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Melbourne homeless

Melbourne Homeless Ban ‘By No Means Decided’

Ellie Cooper, Monday, 23rd January 2017 -  It appears the City of Melbourne has backflipped on its proposed ban on rough sleeping in the CBD, following crisis talks with local homelessness agencies.

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Truth in Advertising

Wendy Williams, Monday, 23rd January 2017 -  Cátia Malaquias is a lawyer, disability advocate and the founder and director of Starting With Julius, a Western Australian based project promoting the inclusion of people with disability in media, advertising and beyond. She is this week’s Change
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NFPs Slam Proposal to Make Rough Sleeping Illegal in Melbourne

Ellie Cooper, Friday, 20th January 2017 -  A group of not-for-profit organisations have said they are “dismayed” at reports that sleeping rough in Melbourne could be made illegal.
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Skilled Volunteers Make A Wish Come True

Wendy Williams, Friday, 20th January 2017 -  A move towards skills-based project volunteering is making wishes come true.

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Sydney

The 2017 Resolution That Needs to Be Implemented

Jack de Groot, Thursday, 19th January 2017 -  Jack de Groot, CEO of St Vincent de Paul Society NSW, is determined to collaborate with governments and investors to boost the much needed affordable housing supply in that state.

NFPs Warn Moving On the Homeless Does Not Make Them Disappear

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 18th January 2017 -  The CEOs of 36 Victorian homelessness, housing and social services organisations have released an open letter appealing for a shift in the conversation away from vilifying rough sleepers to a focus on the lack of affordable housing that underpins the
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Disadvantaged Families Left Struggling as Cost of Education Skyrockets

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 18th January 2017 -  A national children’s education charity is calling for urgent support for some of Australia’s most disadvantaged families struggling with the basic costs of their child’s schooling, as new research shows the cost of education has skyrocketed ov
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Community Service Organisations Pool Funds for Debt Letter Recipients

Ellie Cooper, Monday, 16th January 2017 -  A group of Tasmanian community services organisations have pooled resources to fund community legal centres offering support and advice to Centrelink debt letter recipients.
Cyclone Pam

Calls to Stop Australians Sending ‘Heels and Handbags’ to Humanitarian Crises

Ellie Cooper, Monday, 16th January 2017 -  Australians sending unrequested goods to neighbouring countries after humanitarian emergencies are unintentionally hindering relief efforts, according to a first-of-its-kind report from the Red

Changemaker

Family on a beach

Voice of the Family

Wendy Williams, Monday, 16th January 2017 -  Jo Briskey is the executive director of The Parenthood a not-for-profit movement of Australian parents and carers, working to gain positive policy changes through lobbying government and business. She is this week’s Changemaker.

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