Mission Australia

🔔🎉 There's a special celebration every time our Wattle House team in WA helps someone experiencing homelessness find a safe and secure home. #EverybodysHome #BuildSocialHousing

Older women are Australia's fastest-growing homeless population but as the crisis deepens, innovative housing models are emerging across Australia to help those falling through the cracks of the traditional rental market. thesenior.com.au/story/9302743/…

Mission Australia’s Wattle House has provided food, bill assistance and housing support to more than 6,200 people this financial year as cost-of-living pressures continue to hit local families. The team are now fundraising so they can keep helping others: yourlocalexaminer.com.au/hub-sees-growi…

Thanks for the lovely words about our aged care team at Charles Chambers Court, Maggie Beer 🤩 "The pride in the team, the way they presented lunch. Everything that I ate, I would have been happy to have on my table at home." thenightly.com.au/on/influence/m…

Mission Australia's YouthBeat program: helping the unseen children who wander the streets at night 👉 abc.net.au/news/2026-06-1…

Craig Hollywood’s Bedford-based charity has provided more than more than 10,000 free hair cuts to people experiencing homelessness - including at our own Christmas Lunch in the Park. Congrats legend 👏 @perthnow perthnow.com.au/news/perth-man…

#NRW2026 & Mabo Day are a reminder to be ‘All In’ to learn about our shared histories, cultures, & achievements, & to commit ourselves to #reconciliation & the fight for First Nations justice. 🎞️Watch ‘Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia’ on ABC iView: ab.co/4uGzxcT

Mission Australia continues to call for: 👉At least one in every 10 homes nationally to be social and affordable housing by 2045 👉A dedicated $500 million Homelessness Prevention Transformation Fund to help people before they reach crisis point 👉New transitional housing and support for 15,000 young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness each year 👉Ten new 40-unit Youth Foyers, including three First Nations-led Youth Foyers, to help young people build stable futures through housing, education and employment support 👉Long-term, culturally safe and community-led housing solutions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples 👉Raise the maximum threshold for Commonwealth Rent Assistance by 60% and ensure it remains an effective payment for those struggling to pay rent.

🏘️ Housing & Homelessness Plan welcome, but more action needed to help Australians doing it toughest. #AusPol “...for people already skipping meals to pay rent, sleeping in cars, couch surfing, or facing impossible choices every week, change cannot come slowly. “With more than 250,000 households waiting for social housing across Australia, we need much greater ambition and investment to make sure everyone has access to a safe and secure home.” - Ben Carblis - Deputy CEO, Mission Australia missionaustralia.com.au/media-centre/m…

⚫️🟡🔴 National Reconciliation Week (May 27-June 3) is an important time for reflection, learning & action. "Being 'all in' means showing up properly, not occasionally, & not selectively" - says Mission Australia CEO @SharonCallister in her latest blog 👉 missionaustralia.com.au/media-centre/o…

🔔🎉 There's a special celebration every time our Wattle House team in WA helps someone experiencing homelessness find a safe and secure home. #EverybodysHome #BuildSocialHousing

For nearly 30 years our Wattle House team have helped those who are (or at risk of) homelessness with emergency food relief, housing and financial counselling. A $300k funding cut means they need your help to keep the doors open. Donate here: act.missionaustralia.com.au/wattlehouse

Over the past year, 1,078 Mission Australia volunteers gave their time and energy to support our work - contributing an incredible 31,857 hours, valued at more than $1.6 million in time alone. This National Volunteer Week, we’re celebrating the generosity, commitment and impact of every volunteer who stands alongside the people and communities we serve. Thank you for everything you bring - today and every day. 🙌

⏰ Not good enough 🏡 “People are spending years waiting for social housing and they can stay trapped in homelessness when there is no truly affordable housing for them to move into" - Mission Australia CEO @SharonCallister Her response to #Budget2026: missionaustralia.com.au/media-centre/m…

⚖️Our #Budget2026 response: People are reaching breaking point, with cost of living pressures pushing people into homelessness. While $60m for youth housing is welcome, greater investment in social & affordable housing + support needed. @SharonCallister missionaustralia.com.au/media-centre/m…

🏘️ Safe and affordable housing has always been part of the Australian dream. ⛺️ Sadly, it is becoming a fading hope. 🤔 Will #Budget2026 do anything substantial to alleviate this housing crisis? #AusPol