3 EDITOR'S NOTE
4 FRONTLINES
From the National President, Graham West.
5 SOCIETY NEWS
Vincentians support asylum seekers at Canberra rally.
Kate Barton receives ACT community services award.
6-8 CONGRESS 2017:
TAKING THE NEXT STEP
by Dr John Falzon.
10-11 MORE SOCIETY NEWS
The Vincentians honoured this Australia Day.
The Society's International President, Renato Lima De Oliveria,
visits Canberra and Sydney.
13 PAST CONGRESSES
Congresses held from 1921 to 1954.
14-15 RENEWAL: WHY WE NEED TO HAVE A CONGRESS
by Brian Spencer.
16 POVERTY IN OUTBACK NSW
by Leo Woodman.
17 VINNIES ON THE QUEENSLAND SUNSHINE COAST
by Bernie O'Brien.
18-19 FROM THE ARCHIVES
Mike Moran looks at a monumental congress the Society held in Adelaide, in 1936.
20-21 NEW STYLE OF CONFERENCE
Last days of Australian car production for Elizabeth, South Australia.
22 ANGLICARE RENTAL AFFORDABILITY SNAPSHOT/SCRAPPING OF NAHA AGREEMENT
23-25 PENALTY RATES
by Corinne Dobson
25 YOUTH
Michael Walter on ABC television's Q&A program.
26-27 CO-CREATING THE FUTURE OF THE ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY
27 MINI VINNIES
28-30 A HISTORY OF SOCIAL SECURITY IN AUSTRALIA
by Andrew Herscovitch and David Stanton
31 POETRY
by Dr John Falzon
Solidarity is the tenderness of the people
32 OZANAM LECTURE
Delivered by Marcelle Mogg
33 HOMELESSNESS AND WOMEN IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL
by Rebecca Vassarotti
35 ALTERNATIVE FACTS IN THE CENTRELINK DEBACLE
by Kasy Chambers
36-37 POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN AN AGE OF BUDGET REPAIR
by Frank Brennan
38-39 FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
National Presidents of the past.