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SVDP Australia seeks homelessness as key election issue
by John Freund, CM | January 13, 2016 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
Sick with worry report
by John Freund, CM | October 14, 2015 | News | 0 Comments
Australia mourns passing of Vincentian leader Tony Thornton
by John Freund, CM | July 23, 2015 | News, Vincentian Family | 0 Comments
Vinnies – looking for plan for jobs
by John Freund, CM | February 25, 2015 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul | 0 Comments
“The St Vincent de Paul Society supports an approach which actually invests in people and supports them so that they can participate in society and, where appropriate, in paid employment.
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Sick with worry report
by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2015 | News
Sick with worry report: People’s desire to participate shines through The St Vincent de Paul Society has marked...
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Australia mourns passing of Vincentian leader Tony Thornton
by John Freund, CM | Jul 23, 2015 | News, Vincentian Family
Tony Thornton, former National President of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia, died suddenly on Saturday 11...
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Vinnies – looking for plan for jobs
by John Freund, CM | Feb 25, 2015 | News, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
“The St Vincent de Paul Society supports an approach which actually invests in people and supports them so that they can participate in society and, where appropriate, in paid employment.
CEO of SVDP Australia nominated for Human Rights Medal
by John Freund, CM | Dec 4, 2014 | Justice and Peace, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Dr John Falzon’s contribution to social work has been recognised with a nomination for the Human Rights Medal for being a passionate advocate of social justice and equality as CEO of the St. VIncent de Paul Society Australia.
A Jobs Plan to retain people’s dignity
by John Freund, CM | Aug 10, 2014 | Justice and Peace
“We need a Jobs Plan, not a bashing-the-unemployed plan. Behavioural approaches will not solve structural problems”… “People need income adequacy, not forced income management; dignity, not demonization.”
SVDP Australia – Budget is cruel, forcing deeper poverty
by John Freund, CM | May 13, 2014 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
You don't build people up by putting them down. ST Vincent de Paul Society Australia Chief Executive, Dr John Falzon, says this Budget is deeply offensive to the people for whom every day is already a battle. "The government would like us to believe that this Budget...
Vinnies – Charities can’t fill gaps for government
by John Freund, CM | Apr 22, 2014 | Justice and Peace
Charities warn they can't fill in the gaps if Australian government cuts welfare according to the Sydney Morning Herald Dr John Falzon, chief executive officer of the St Vincent de Paul Society, said charity goups should not be expected to fill in the gaps left by the...
You don’t have to be communist to stand for the poor
by John Freund, CM | Mar 27, 2014 | Justice and Peace, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Vincentian Family
"You don't have to be a communist to stand up for the poor" So writes John Falzon, Chief Executive Officer of the St Vincent Paul Society National Council of Australia. In a piece for EurekaStreet he continues "Helder Camara, the Archbishop of Recife in Brazil,...
Liberals told to fix housing scheme, not attack it
by John Freund, CM | Mar 19, 2014 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The headline reads... "Liberals told to fix housing scheme, not attack it". The head of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia has attacked Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews, accusing him of “gleefully bagging” the Rudd government’s flagship social housing...