Tag: poverty

WITH about 132,000 Queenslanders unemployed, St Vincent de Paul’s state chief executive officer Kevin Mercer has welcomed a new report ...

THE Australian Catholic Bishops Conference has told parliamentarians they should place the needs of vulnerable people at the centre of ...

DECLINING access to food, greater discrimination against women and widening restrictions on religious freedom have contributed to a higher rate ...

ALMOST 3 million Australians, including nearly 750,000 children, are living in poverty according to a major new report. According to ...

WHAT draws a person to Rosies – Friends on the Street?   It was watching this incredible charity grow from a group of ...

A PROMINENT Bundaberg councillor and member of the town's Catholic community has questioned research findings that the federal electorate of ...

New research commissioned for Anti-Poverty Week 2021 reveals more than a third of all working Australians continued to be negatively ...

THE death toll from the earthquake in Haiti has climbed sharply with at least 1200 dead and thousands more injured. ...

THE suffering of hundreds of thousands of people in Mozambique fleeing war and persecution requires a commitment by the international ...

POVERTY is the result of people's selfishness; it is not "fate" or the fault of the poor, Pope Francis says. ...

A manmade wall built to protect the island of South Tarawa from rising tides in the central Pacific island nation ...

Basket of hope: Aspleycare volunteers Jo Galvin, president Julie-Anne Mee and former president Margaret Campbell with the Christmas hampers at ...

Doors close: People unload food and provisions from the back of a ute, which was distributed by firefighters throughout a ...

Poverty rising: More Queenslanders facing tough times. THE annual Vinnies CEO Sleepout will go ahead on Thursday, June 18, as ...

Local legend: Queensland Great Mount Isa parish priest Fr Mick Lowcock has been giving his all in pastoral work, social ...

Getting ready: Vinnies have been partnering with the Queensland Government’s Community Recovery teams to provide assistance for people in isolation ...

Poverty growing: "The next generation is set up for failure because of increased housing costs and failed policy around social ...

Making a difference: Helen Plant showing off the hand-made Rosary beads from Uganda at the Impact stall at the Ignite ...

Climate action: A coastal scene in Kiribati. Rising sea levels are threatening to sink Kiribati’s land area and ultimately displace ...

Poverty: “For too many Queenslanders, poverty is leading to extreme loneliness and sadness.” CLOSE to half a million Queenslanders are ...

Volunteers needed: “Volunteer members make a significant difference in the lives of people doing it tough in Annerley." MORE than ...

Joe Zabar: “It appears that we are all for fairness and equality as long as it does not impact too ...

Parallel worlds: St Rita’s students build two toilet blocks for community in Romchek Village, Cambodia. Photo: srcstudentscambodia MANY students use ...

Living poverty: "Persimmon pie, persimmon loaf, persimmon chutney – by the end of the month I was experimenting with persimmon ...

Vocational choice: “As though the priesthood were the vocation of last resort; the one you ‘choose’ if you were not ...