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Learn about homelessness
Blessing Bags values raising awareness through education. Better understanding homelessness, it's impacts and determinants help diminish a lot of the negative associations and characterisations of people experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness.
How the 'Buy Now Pay Later' system is setting vulnerable Australians up for failure
Need to know Buy Now Pay Later [BNPL] schemes exploit a loophole in the law that means they don't need to comply with basic consumer...
Monique Murray
Sep 5, 20234 min read
Homelessness week 2023 : It's time to end homelessness
Homelessness Facts and Stats At the last Census, 30,660 Victorians were without a home (including 6,800 children) – that’s 27 per cent of...
Monique Murray
Jul 28, 20232 min read
NAIDOC Week 2023
As we move through NAIDOC week and beyond, there are some incredible activities, exhibits and opportunities for learning. “ Sculpture:...
Mitchell Stanford
Jul 6, 20232 min read
Crisis Within a Crisis: How the pandemic has exacerbated young people experiencing homelessness.
Young people experiencing homelessness is a significant concern in Australia. Family breakdown, financial hardship, and mental health...
Mitchell Stanford
Mar 24, 20231 min read
Homelessness and Housing: Something's Not Adding Up.
According to the latest available census data (2016), there were over 116,000 people experiencing homelessness in Australia, which is a...
Mitchell Stanford
Feb 23, 20232 min read
Snapshot: How climate change is impacting homelessness
Often, when we look at the challenges that face our communities we tend to compartmentalise them into separate issues. However,...
Monique Murray
Jan 2, 20232 min read
How does language impact the way we view homelessness?
The way we speak influences the way we think and the way we think influences how we behave. Language is powerful. What we say and how we...
Monique Murray
Nov 24, 20222 min read
Homelessness week 2022 : To end homelessness we need a plan
In July 2021, the final report established from the 2020 inquiry into homelessness was released to the public. It made 35 recommendations...
Monique Murray
Jul 23, 20222 min read
Labor VS Liberal: Who is positioned to be the best for vulnerable Australians this federal election?
The rising cost of liv ing and growing housing issues have remained at the forefront of election discussions and for good reason....
Monique Murray
May 19, 20225 min read
Snapshot of Homelessness in Victoria during COVID-19
Victoria came out of lockdown on October 22 2021, as a lot of Victorians reflect on what this lockdown has meant for them, we have taken...
Monique Murray
Nov 4, 20216 min read
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