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WA: Sale
Good Samaritan Industries sale of 50% off used clothing to mark Anti-Poverty Week. (25 stores in WA, see website for locations)
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Jonh Knowles (Good Samaritan Industries)
P: (08) 9463 0500
E: Send email
W: www.goodsamaritan.com.au
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QLD: Staff activities
Staff to raise awareness about poverty with lunch and discussion about fair trade. Competition to raise funds for a local organisation providing food for homeless youth (Centacare, 195 Abbott St, Cairns)
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Janice Tiller (Centacare)
P: 07 4044 0130
E: Send email
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NSW: Activities & Information
Promotion of the Connect For Life program and to highlight poverty issues in the community. Haircuts and basic health checks provided, along with information about services providers in the area. (5 Kemp St, Kempsey) |
Ruddie Blackley (Kempsey Neighbourhood Centre)
P: 02 6562 8300
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WA: Community BBQ
BBQ for individuals, families and communities with practical help on how to combat poverty and hardship. (Loop Line Park Kalgoorlie)
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Jules Whiteway (Anglicare)
P: 08 9301 8530
E: Send email
W: www.anglicarewa.org.au
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NAT: Report Launch
Launch of the "Education Development Project Evaluation Report: Improving educational and housing outcomes for children experiencing homelessness" report. (See website)
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Erica Flentje (Hanover Welfare Services)
P: 03 9288 9899
E: Send email
W: www.hanover.org.au
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NAT: Discussion Paper
Release of a paper analysing the changing welfare landscape in Australia for young people focussing on eligibility for youth allowance and the consequences for disadvantaged young people. (See website for more info)
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Meagan Lee (National Children"s & Youth Law Centre
P: 02 9385 9592
E: Send email
W: www.ncylc.org.au
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SA: Assembly
An interactive presentation to each year level on Mary MacKillop's work with children in poverty. (Penola High School, 43 Cameron St, Penola) |
Kirsten Amos (Penola High School)
P: 08 8737 0000
E: Send email
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SA: Assembly
Presentation to the whole school on 'Poverty in Sierra Leone' by 4 students who will be working in primary schools in Sierra Leone. (Penola High School, 43 Cameron St, Penola) |
Kirsten Amos (Penola High School)
P: 08 8737 0000
E: Send email
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NT: Breakfast
Meet and engage with homeless people in the community over breakfast. Find out about poverty and how you can help. (Woolworths entrance, Casuarina Centre, 247 Trower Rd, Casuarina) |
Sharon Wilson
P: 08 8948 0523
E: Send email
W: www.missionaustralia.com.au
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QLD: Reflection
A reflection on Anti-Poverty Week during the Social Justice Meeting. (The Salvation Army Divisional Headquarters, Upper Roma St, Brisbane) |
Major Rick Hoffmann (The Salvation Army)
P: 07 3222 6666
E: Send email
W: www.salvos.org.au
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WA: Resource Packages
Students from Lumen Christi College preparing resource packages with information on services for low income families. (81 Station Street, Martin)
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Shirley Glover (Gosnells Community Legal Centre)
P: 08 9398 1455
E: Send email
W: www.gosclc.com.au
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SA: Craft Workshop
Craft activities, displays and information on healthy eating to raise awareness about what can be done to help others in the community and ourselves. (St Mary Magdalene Schoo,l 82 Fairfield Rd, Elizabeth Grove) |
Tammy Bruecher (Elizabeth Community Connections)
P: 0407 617 977
E: Send email
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NT: Display
Display with statistics on poverty and information from local organisations that can assist people facing hardship. (Oasis Shopping Centre, Katherine) |
Jane Goodings (Red Cross)
P: 08 8971 1246
E: Send email
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SA: Expo
Community service providers expo with childrens activities, and free competitions to highlight services available to residents. (Centro Arndale, 460-470 Torrens Rd, Kilkenny) |
Lisa Kristan (The Smith Family)
P: 08 8224 1438
E: Send email
W: www.thesmithfamily.com.au
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QLD: Clothes Swap
Come and swap clothing or baby equipment or buy an item for a gold coin donation. Donations will contribute to the work done by The Benevolent Society to combat poverty and hardship. (Women's Health and Mother Baby Hub, 429 Gympie Rd, Strathpine) |
Melissa McKendrick (The Benevolent Society)
E: Send email
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SA: Stall
Stall and BBQ with info on anti-poverty week and services in the local area fighting poverty and hardship. (In front of Woolworths, 25 Tassies St, Pt Augusta)
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Vicki Dodd (Aboriginal Resource Centre)
P: 08 8641 0040
E: Send email
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TAS: Hand Out
In light of increasing costs of living there will be a 'Winter Woolies Hand Out' of warm clothes and blankets to support the reduction of financially exhaustive impacts of increased power costs. (446 Elizabeth Street, North Hobart)
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Therese Taylor (Colony 47)
P: 03 6222 1518
E: Send email
W: www.colony47.com.au
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VIC: Morning Tea
A morning tea to mark the Week. The JESCOM team will be purchasing fair trade and ethical products and discuss issues relating to JESCOM publications and poverty. (JESCOM staff)
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Michael McVeign (Jesuit Communications Foundation)
P: 03 9421 9611
E: Send email
W: http://jesuit.org.au
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ACT: Sausage Sizzle
Morning tea and sausage sizzle to discuss issues surrounding poverty and hardship. (255 Goyder Street, Narrabundah)
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Jo Dean-Ritchie (Marymead)
P: 02 6162 5828
E: Send email
W: www.marymead.org.au
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VIC: Launch
Launch of the 2010 Emergency Relief Booklet outlining the details of service providers in the area. (Dingley Village Neighbourhood Centre, 31B Marcus Rd, Dingley) |
Judith Klarenbeek (Sth Emergency Relief Network)
P: 03 9551 1799
E: Send email
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WA: Info Stall
Information desk with free fruit and with pamphlets about services provided. (Sampson Parade Pak, Freemantle) |
Craig McAllister (Midland Info Debt & Legal Servic
P: 08 9250 2123
E: Send email
W: www.midlas.org.au
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SA: Homeless Connect Expo
Health, Housing and Homelessness Expo to promote services from over 50 organisations. Free food, fun and entertainment. (Whitmore Square, Adelaide) |
Gary Wilson (Shelter SA)
P: 08 8223 4077
E: Send email
W: www.sheltersa.asn.au
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SA: Forum
Community forum with free BBQ, guest speakers including Port Pirie Mayor, information stalls run by agencies with services for people affected by poverty and hardship. (Main St, Port Pirie)
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Kelly Glenton (Uniting Care Wesley Port Pirie)
P: 08 8633 8638
E: Send email
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SA: Pottery
Use your creative skills to make a clay/ceramic bowl to display what has been learnt about healthy eating. (Our Wellbeing Place Community Centre, 108 Swanport Road, Murray Bridge) |
Ann Marie Garrett (Our Wellbeing Place Association
P: 08 85323470
E: Send email
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VIC: Fundraiser
Gold coin donation morning tea for staff and volunteers to raise funds for the red Cross Pakistan Flood Appeal. (133 Mollison St, Bendigo) |
Erin Crothers (Australian Red Cross)
P: 03 5443 7277
E: Send email
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SA: Morning Tea
Morning tea for all staff and businesses in the building to talk about poverty and expand networks. (Ground Floor, 97 Pirie Street, Adelaide) |
Graham Jaeschke (The Smith Family (SA)
P: 08 8224 1400
E: Send email
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SA: Donation
'Cans and Coins' morning tea with donations of non perishable food items or cash. (Level 6, 31 Flinders Street, Adelaide) |
Judith Bemmer (Dept of Education & Childrens Servi
P: 08 8226 0042
E: Send email
W: www.decs.sa.gov.au
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SA: Workshop
The community are invited to sample a variety of dishes from around the world and learn about healthy eating and budgeting. (Mt Gambier Community Centre, 22/24 Ferrers St, Mt Gambier) |
Sue Watt (Mt Gambier Community Centre)
P: 08 8723 0540
E: Send email
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SA:
"Cooking Across the Continents" event to learn about other cultures and share dishes of food. (Mount Gambier Community Centre, Ferrers ST, Mount Gambier)
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Mount Gambier Community Centre
P: 08 8723 0540
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NSW: Bake Sale
Bake Sale to raise funds for the Red Cross Pakistan Floods Relief. (Main Library Walkway, UNSW) |
Paulette Lo (UNSW Red Cross Society)
P: 0401 495 608
E: Send email
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VIC: Forum
A Power Forum on leadership for migratn and women living in the housing estate. (Community Centre, Flemington Housing Estate, 120 Racecourse Road, Flemington) |
Jane Farrell (LHMU)
P: 0423 697 187
E: Send email
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SA: Workshop
Learn how to cook a healthy meal on a budget. (135 Ellen St, Port Pirie) |
Tania Solar (Australian Red Cross)
P: 08 8641 9500
E: Send email
W: www.australianredcross.com.au
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VIC: Info Stall
Free lunch and information about poverty and community services. Non-perishable food items will be collected for local welfare organisaitons. (Victoria University, Footscray Nicholson Campus) |
Ok Chang (Victoria University)
P: 03 9919 4098
E: Send email
W: www.vu.edu.au
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VIC: Info Stall
Pakistani Students Association and Care Australia to collect gold coin donations for Pakistan flood victims. (Victoria University, Footscray Nicholson Campus) |
Ok Chang (Victoria University)
P: 03 9919 4098
E: Send email
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QLD: Family celebration
"The Best Things in Life are Free" family celebration event during Anti-Poverty Week, with free activities for children and BBQ lunch. (Brisbane City Botanic Gardens) |
Kylie Robertson (Micah Projects Inc.)
P: 07 3029 7000
E: Send email
W: http://www.merivale.org.au/
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NSW: BBQ
BBQ to raise awareness about Anti-Poverty Week. (Mawson Park, Campbelltown) |
Najla Abou-Halloun (Macarthur Diversity Services)
P: 02 4627 1188
E: Send email
W: www.mdsi.org.au
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QLD: Community BBQ
A community BBQ for BoysTown staff, clients and service providers. (BoysTown Ipswich)
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Tracey Veale (BoysTown)
P: 07 3867 1231
E: Send email
W: www.boystown.com.au
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QLD: Client BBQ Lunch
BBQ lunch for young people engaged in BoysTown programs in the area. (Mary Street, Logan).
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Tracey Veale (BoysTown)
P: 07 3867 1231
E: Send email
W: www.boystown.com.au
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QLD: Community BBQ
A community BBQ for BoysTown staff, clients and service providers. (BoysTown Inala)
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Tracey Veale (BoysTown)
P: 07 3867 1231
E: Send email
W: www.boystown.com.au
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QLD: Community BBQ
A community BBQ for BoysTown staff, clients and service providers. (BoysTown Deception Bay) |
Tracey Veale (BoysTown)
P: 07 3867 1231
E: Send email
W: www.boystown.com.au
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SA: Lunch
Lunch with speakers to celebrate 10 years of the affordable moving van program by Uniting Care Wesley. (Flinders Park Port Pirie) |
Sue Allison (Families SA, UnitingCare Wesley)
P: 08 8638 4311
E: Send email
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SA: FOODcents workshop
Healthy Eating on a Budget workshop with a beachfront BBQ to demonstrate cooking a nutritious meal, and to develop skills in planning meals on a budget. (Ceduna Beachfront)
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Holley Jones (Australian Red Cross SA)
P: 08 8100 4679
E: Send email
W: www.redcross.org.au
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VIC: Meeting
Clients and people experencing homelessness to meet local candidates running in the forthcoming state election and disucss issus of concern. (Hanover, 52 Haig St, South Melbourne) |
Tony Keenan (Hanover Welfare Services)
P: 03 9695 8352
E: Send email
W: www.hanover.org.au
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VIC: BBQ
Free sausage sizzle with information about local services to assist disadvantaged people. (Aldi Supermarket, 209 Greens Rd, Wyndham Vale)
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Carol Muir (Uniting Care)
P: 03 9742 6452
E: Send email
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NSW: Food Drive
BBQ and food hamper drive to raise awareness about eradicating poverty locally. (Wodonga Middle Years College, 22-24 Mitchell St, Wodonga) |
Matt Lade (Workways Australia)
P: 02 6057 9000
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VIC: Lunch
Free BBQ lunch for the community to discuss poverty issues. Letter will be sent to politicians, media and decision-makers. (Salvation Army Northside Geelong, 92 Cox Rd, Corio)
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Jillian Chapman (Barwon Community Legal Cenrte)
P: 03 5221 4744
E: Send email
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VIC: Seminar
Lunchtime seminar on environmentally, socially and economically sustainable mobility by the Monash Sustainability Institute. (Fr Tucker's room, 67 Brunswick St, Fitzroy) |
Kristine Philipp (Brotherhood of St Laurence)
P: 03 9483 1364
E: Send email
W: www.bsl.org.au
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VIC: Research
Release of research on young people and activation employment policies and the effect on welfare recipients experiencing hardship. (Brotherhood of St Laurence, 67 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, Fr Tucker's room) |
Kristine Philipp (Brotherhood of St Laurence)
P: 03 9483 1364
E: Send email
W: www.bsl.org.au
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VIC: Craft Sale
Sale of goods made by women associated with the Good Shepherd and Josephite Sisters overseas development organisation, and preserves made by local refugee women. (Lansdown Room, 383 Albert Street, East Melbourne) |
Terry O'Shannassy (Catholic Social Services)
P: 03 9287 5570
E: Send email
W: www.css.org.au
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TAS: BBQ & Display
Sausage sizzle with "No Food, No Power, No Shelter" display to raise awareness about poverty in the community. (Launceston Mall, Launceston) |
Therese Taylor (Colony 47)
P: 03 6222 1518
E: Send email
W: www.colony47.com.au
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VIC: Exhibition
"SPOKEN" art exhibition to raise awareness about injustice and poverty in the community. (Riva Bar, Faithful St, Wangaratta)
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Di Duursma (Spoken Artists)
P: 0419 530 455
E: Send email
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VIC: Presentation
Multimedia presentation of "1.4 Billion Reasons" about how students can help end poverty. (Woodleigh School, Minimbah Crt, Frankston)
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d'Arcy Lunn (Global Poverty Project)
P: 0416 051 379
E: Send email
W: www.globalpovertyproject.com/events
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SA: Swap-a-Snag
Students invited to bring a toy, gold coin, clothing or something of value and swap it at a school sausage sizzle. Proceeds donated to a poverty related cause. (Loxton Primary School, Pyap St, Loxton)
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Paul Rowe (Loxton Primary School)
P: 08 8584 7408
E: Send email
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SA: Swap-a-Snag
Town folk invited to bring a toy, gold coin, clothing or something of value and swap it for a sausage. Proceeds donated to a poverty related cause. (Main street, Loxton)
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Paul Rowe (Loxton Primary School)
P: 08 8584 7408
E: Send email
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VIC: Launch
Launch of Carlton No Interest Loan Scheme at a community barbecue. (Carlton Housing Estate) |
Rev Dr John Evans (Carlton Church of All Nations)
P: 03 9347 7077
E: Send email
W: www.carlton-uca.org
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NSW: Showcase & BBQ
'Growing Community Health' showcase of local projects and programs targeting poverty and addressing underlying issues of hardship. Mayor of Marrickville to address the community. (All Saints Anglican Church, 329 Stanmore Rd, Petersham) |
Dina Petrakis (Marrickville Council)
P: 02 9335 2156
E: Send email
W: www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au
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VIC: Resource Kit
Announcement and advertisement of the coming launch of the Resource Kit for schools trying to address inequality and social inclusion. (Cardinal Knox Centre, 383 Albert St, East Melbourne) |
Maria Minto-Cahill (Meeting Point)
P: 03 9627 0419
E: Send email
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WA: Food collection
Staff to donate $5 each for packs to assist clients prepare for the summer. (Dumas House, 2 Havelock St, West Perth)
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Juliette Hubbard (Department for Communities)
P: 08 6217 8212
E: Send email
W: www.communities.wa.gov.au
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QLD: Presentation
A presentation by the BoysTown Strategy and Research team on emerging trends/issues impacting the lives of young people, including homelessness. (Inala Community House, 38 Sittella Street, Inala) |
John Dalgleish (BoysTown)
P: 07 3867 1216
E: Send email
W: www.boystown.com.au
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NSW: Community Fun Day
Free food, drinks, kids activities and 'Cardboard Shelter' making competition at the Salvation Army Food 4 Life Market as part of Anti-Poverty Week. (75 Lawrence Hargrave Rd, Warwick Farm)
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Simon Gregory (The Salvation Army)
P: 0410 648 806
E: Send email
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SA: Information Session
Free demonstration and information about nutrition and how to be healthy on a budget. (Eastwood Community Centre, 95 Glen Osmond Road, Eastwood)
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Allison Byrne (Eastwood Community Centre)
P: 08 8373 2225
E: Send email
W: www.eastwood.asn.au
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NSW: Launch
Launch of the No Interest Loans Scheme for low income earners and Centrelink recipients in Queanbeyan. (Multi Lingual Centre Queanbeyan, 12 Rutledge St, Queanbeyan) |
Rachael Milfull (Care Inc.)
P: 02 6257 1788
E: Send email
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VIC: Afternoon Tea
Staff gathering to discuss poverty issues, with an update on the Millennium Development Goals and United Nations Summit. (Ground floor, 116 Queensberry Street, Carlton South) |
Brigid Marasco (Australian Services Union)
P: 03 9342 1469
E: Send email
W: www.asu.asn.au
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NSW: Panel Discussion
Panel discussion on "Practical Solutions to Poverty". (Central Lecture Block 4, UNSW)
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Elias Attia (UNSW Islamic Society)
E: Send email
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QLD: Soup Night
Soup night and information display on how to combat poverty and hardship. (O'Neil Square, Kingaroy) |
Louise Judge (Sth Burnett Community Development Pr
P: 07 4162 5439
E: Send email
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VIC: Oration
Oswald Barnett Oration by Bruce Bonyhady on "Reforming Disability Policy: From Charity and Welfare to Social Insurance and Investment". (Treasury Theatre, 1 Macarthur St, Melbourne)
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Danica Pasinis (Housing Choices Australia)
P: 03 8636 9440
E: Send email
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VIC: Presentation
Presentation on poverty and politics in Papua New Guinea by students who participated in the Kokoda Leadership Trek. (Moonee Valley Race Course, 1 McPherson St, Moonee Ponds) |
Jane Farrell (Vic Police and LHMU)
P: 0423 697 187
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NSW: Forum
Q&A forum with speakers including Rev Bill Crews about innovative ways to provide food for yourself. (Sydney Mechanics School of the Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney) |
Mark Ludbrooke (Sydney Food Fairness Alliance)
P: 0433 331 158
E: Send email
W: www.sydneyfoodfairness.org.au
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NSW: Film Night
Screening of 'Garden at the End of the World' to raise awareness about poverty in Afghanistan. Cost $10 with half of proceeds donated to Maboba's Promise. (CB02.04.11, University of Technology, Sydney) |
Ausseela Thanaphongsakorn (NSW Young Labor)
P: 0413 555 195
E: Send email
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VIC: Movie
Screening of the film Mother Fish to raise awareness of the hardships faces by migrants. Q&A session with the director after the film. (Kino Cinemas, 45 Collins St, Melbourne) |
Nicola Flook (Jesuit Refugee Service)
P: 0410 214 472
E: Send email
W:www.trybooking.com
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NSW: Volunteer workshop
Understand global poverty and learn how to help by becoming a volunteer with Palms Australia. By sharing skills, experiences and knowledge you can assist with sustainable development. Register by 19 October via email or phone. (2A Woolley Street, Glebe)
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Roger O'Halloran (Palm's Australia)
P: 02 9518 9551
E: Send email
W: www.palms.org.au
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NSW: Film Screening
Screening of the documentary 'Call+Response' on slavery and human trafficking. (University of Technology Sydney, Building 1, Broadway, Theatre Lounge) |
Caitlin Hill (Vision Generation UTS)
P: 0402 824 713
E: Send email
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VIC: Workshop
Hypothetical workshop on community issues of homelessness, mental health, cost of food and youth support. (St Joseph's Parish Hall, Cnr Raglan Parade and Kepler Street, Warrnambool) |
Mary Lancaster (Hopkins No Interest Loans Scheme)
P: 0355622464
E: Send email
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