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  • Ode to those 'rich in brokenness and brimming with dreams'

    Ode to those 'rich in brokenness and brimming with dreams'

    Date
    December 15 2016 - 1:36pm

    Vinnies National CEO Dr John Falzon has responded to a federal government crackdown on people who receive disability support, by penning a poem. It...

  • Statement of support for victims of abuse

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    December 14 2016 - 8:37am

    The St Vincent de Paul Society is dedicated to standing in solidarity with the most disadvantaged in our communities. As a lay Catholic organisation, we are heartbroken and despairing at the ongoing pain and suffering of...

  • Opinion piece - Housing inequality is a failure to govern

    Opinion piece - Housing inequality is a failure to govern

    Date
    November 29 2016 - 9:02am

    by Dr John Falzon. Inequality is not an accident. Nor is it an economic inevitability. It is a political choice. The failure to fight inequality is a...

  • Mumbrella award for soup van man Frank Mullins video

    Mumbrella award for soup van man Frank Mullins video

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    November 16 2016 - 11:12am

    Vinnies Melbourne marketing and communications team was acknowledged at the annual Mumbrella BEFest Awards, which was this year held at The Chauvel in...

  • Solidarity with First Peoples

    Solidarity with First Peoples

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    November 2 2016 - 11:17am

    The spring edition of The Record is a special edition in Solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and is part of the St Vincent...

  • UN urges Government to halt attacks on civil society

    Date
    October 20 2016 - 3:38pm

    Vinnies backs UN calls to safeguard Australia's democracy and stop government attacks on human rights defenders.

  • Anti-Poverty Week 2016

    Anti-Poverty Week 2016

    Date
    October 17 2016 - 11:00am

    During this year's anti-poverty week, Vinnies are undertaking a range of activities to highlight the extent and impact of poverty across Australia.

  • World Mental Health Day 10 October 2016

    Date
    October 10 2016 - 2:34pm

    Nearly half of all Australians (45 per cent) will experience some form of mental illness during their lifetime, and those that don’t will most likely know someone that does.

  • Lateline Interview: Dr John Falzon, CEO St Vincent de Paul Society

    Lateline Interview: Dr John Falzon, CEO St Vincent de Paul Society

    Date
    September 20 2016 - 10:18am

    Should New Zealand’s welfare system be adopted in Australia? Social Services Minister Christian Porter says a new approach is needed to get...

  • Celebrating NAIDOC week 2016

    Celebrating NAIDOC week 2016

    Date
    July 4 2016 - 2:08pm

    This week is NAIDOC week - an annual event held around the country each July, to celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and...

  • We must give a voice to the homeless

    We must give a voice to the homeless

    Date
    June 30 2016 - 4:53pm

    OPINION PIECE - As the 2016 Federal Election approaches, Vinnies joins with Australia's largest not-for-profit providers of homelessness services to...

  • Homeless charities host forum on homelessness

    Homeless charities host forum on homelessness

    Date
    June 14 2016 - 9:41am

    On Tuesday 14 June, the leaders of the largest homelessness service providers will gather in Sydney to discuss how to make reducing homelessness a...

  • St Vincent de Paul Society respectfully supports Redfern Statement

    St Vincent de Paul Society respectfully supports Redfern Statement

    Date
    June 10 2016 - 11:35am

    The St Vincent de Paul Society is proud to stand in respectful solidarity with Australia’s peak Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...

  • Journeying towards reconciliation

    Journeying towards reconciliation

    Date
    May 30 2016 - 3:25pm

    STATEMENT

  • CALL TO ACTION: Help make homelessness a Federal Election priority

    CALL TO ACTION: Help make homelessness a Federal Election priority

    Date
    May 25 2016 - 12:04pm

    CALL TO ACTION

  • Civil Society Statement of Concern The media and Mr Duncan Storrar

    Date
    May 20 2016 - 8:35am

    JOINT STATEMENT

  • A budget that does nothing for ordinary people

    A budget that does nothing for ordinary people

    Date
    May 5 2016 - 2:19pm

    OPINION PIECE

  • Bring Manus Island detainees to Australia

    Date
    April 27 2016 - 4:17pm

    STATEMENT

  • What Australia's community sector wants and doesn't want in the Federal Budget

    What Australia's community sector wants and doesn't want in the Federal Budget

    Date
    April 27 2016 - 12:06pm

    26 April, 2016 St Vincent de Paul Society National Council Australia is one of 31 signatories to a statement on what Australia’s community...

  • Overwhelming whole-of-community support to let asylum seekers stay

    Overwhelming whole-of-community support to let asylum seekers stay

    Date
    February 11 2016 - 10:50am

    The St Vincent de Paul Society warmly welcomes statements of support by Melbourne Archbishop Denis Hart and other welfare groups, health agencies,...

  • Australia’s international aid and community sector backs church sanctuary offer for asylum seekers

    Australia’s international aid and community sector backs church sanctuary offer for asylum seekers

    Date
    February 8 2016 - 7:51am

    JOINT MEDIA STATEMENT

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