Victoria’s peak welfare body has hit back at comments made by the Abbott Government’s Minister for Employment where he called on unemployed Australians…
One in five unemployed Australians is a teenager, according to a new report released today by national welfare agency, the Brotherhood of St Laurence.
The Teenage Dream…
They were elected on a platform of creating more jobs but the Abbott Government is now facing the highest unemployment rate since 2002.
Figures released recently by the…
Start with the jobs, not the candidates, to deal with unemployment challenge, writes Kevin Robbie, an Executive Director at Social Ventures Australia.
The latest…
A new approach to tackling homelessness has managed to keep a roof over 90 per cent of participants after the first two years, a new Not for Profit report has found.
Mission…
Not for Profits have called for a major collaboration between community, business and Governments to address the alarming increase in youth unemployment.
The average…
Children in care experience dramatically higher incidences of mental and chronic health issues, are more likely to be bullied at school, and are more likely to find it difficult…
The Victorian Government has delivered a big spending Budget on infrastructure and job creation, as well as a surplus of $1.3 billion in 2014-15 – offering a mixed…
Young people in families with no parent in employment are less satisfied in school, less likely to be working part-time or planning to go to university and are more concerned…