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The Brotherhood of St Laurence welcomes the Australian Government's announcement of funding for 25 new communities across Australia to participate in the Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) in 2015.
Read media releaseIn this Budget, we are pleased to see the Abbott Government has begun to take necessary steps to tackle the steep challenge that youth unemployment poses to our nation and neighbourhoods.
Read media releaseMedia release Victorian Budget: first steps taken to ensure disadvantaged Victorians not left behind
The Victorian Budget, the first for the Andrews Government, contains welcome initiatives that meet election commitments – but the heavy lifting to address our state’s education, skills and employment challenges cannot be achieved in one budget.
Read media releaseAlmost a quarter of people who lifted themselves out of poverty are poor once again one or two years later, finds a stark study by Brotherhood of St Laurence.
Read media releaseTeenagers are in the eye of the nation’s jobless crisis with the unemployment rate for 15 to 19 year olds hitting 20 per cent – a level not seen since the mid-1990s.
Read media releaseSince Saver Plus was first delivered more than 10 years ago, the matched savings program has become the world’s longest running and largest of its kind in the world, supporting almost 15,000 people save over $13.5 million.
Read media releaseCommunity organisations today have welcomed AGL Energy Limited’s (AGL) $6m commitment to provide greater support for vulnerable energy customers.
Read media releaseA program designed to assist refugees, asylum seekers and other marginalised jobseekers into work, and to support employers to grow and diversity their workplace, is being officially launched.
Read media releaseA Frankston program run by the Brotherhood of St Laurence that helps young people who have left or are at risk of leaving school to finish their education desperately needs an injection of government funding to continue.
Read media releaseA new report has put the spotlight on the untold story of more than 310,000 Australians aged 15 to 24 who are underemployed - that is they have some work but want more hours.
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