“Advocacy in Australia is enormously important,” Dr Falzon says warning that if we allow governments to try to shut down advocacy, or shoot the messengers, we do so at our own peril as a society.
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Bushfire Recovery Program: Society of Saint Vincent de Paul Canberra/Goulburn, Australia
by .famvin | April 26, 2022 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
The spring and summer of 2019/20 saw Australia ravaged by huge bushfires from Queensland through to South Australia, with some of the greatest impact occurring in the region where members of the Society of St Vincent de Paul Canberra/Goulburn (SVDP-CG) are ministering.
Christmas 2020: Friendship and Hope
by Henrike van Riel | December 26, 2020 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
2020 started so beautifully for me. At the beginning of January, I attended a large meeting of the Vincentian Family in Rome, along with some other members from the Vincent de Paul Center.
500 New Houses for the Homeless in Australia
by Vincentian Homeless Alliance | December 6, 2020 | News | 1 Comment
His life changed when he accessed one of the new 502 housing units that make up the latest “13 Houses” Campaign project, the first in Sydney and New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
Australian Bushfire. The Dreadful Face of the Climate Change.
by .famvin | January 11, 2020 | Disasters and Responses, News | 0 Comments
The unique Australian environment and biodiversity, and the industries it fosters (including food and wine production and tourism), have been hit hard by the bushfires – and it is only one month into summer.
‘We have only one enemy. It is called inequality’ SSVP
by John Freund, CM | May 22, 2015 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
SSVP CEO – ‘We have only one enemy. It is called inequality’. The St Vincent de Paul Society drew on this principle in our response to the 2015–16 (Australian) Federal Budget.
Vinnies keep moving the goal posts!
by John Freund, CM | May 2, 2015 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
Even after 10 years the Vinnies keep moving the goal posts! Normally people don’t like that. But in this case it is a good thing. Each year they raise more money with the help of CEOs who volunteer to sleep out int he cold of an Australian winter.
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