Social Services
Network launched to help young Australian women living with a disability
There are many young women in Australia living with a disability, with their own unique issues. Recognising the need for......
Australia strives to halve suicide rates over a decade
Every year two and a half thousand people die from suicide in Australia. Experts say this number is far too......
The chilly challenges for Australia’s homeless
Over the last week we’ve seen a massive cold change across the nation, bringing snow to unlikely places like Queensland.......
Mobile laundry helps homeless
A lot of 20 year-olds don’t do their own washing, let alone provide a laundry service for homeless people. But......
Another Community Oranisation Supporting minority groups looses funding
Grow Support is a not for profit organisation in Logan, a small city between Brisbane and The Gold Coast. Working......
More Australians bordering on financial despair
The income gap between the rich and poor continues to grow with more and more Australians facing the financial inequality......
Domestic Violence homicide prevention: working in the Murder Business
Some Domestic Violence Action Centre’s and front line workers say they are working in the business of “homicide prevention.” Why,......
Street University opens in Queensland
A new initiative has sprung up in southeast Queensland to treat young people with drug and alcohol problems. Street University......
Indigenous families focus for early learning program expansion
Indigenous families will be the focus of the expansion of early learning and parenting program HIPPY. Minister for Social Services......
Elders living with family most at risk of abuse, study shows
Over 150,000 elderly Australians are victims of abuse. But often, this abuse goes unreported. That’s why advocacy groups are raising......