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Many of the volunteers at Campbell’s Club have volunteered there for 10 years. The Club operates on several days every week. Activities are varied, and participants often engage in anything from a simple morning tea, to the “grooming corner” where they can cut, style or colour hair.

The core volunteers of Campbell’s Club recognised for their outstanding work were Mary MacMahon, Joy Reiken, Kate Doolan, Nancye Reid, Kris Bentley, Jenny Dex and Teresa Smyth. 

“I would not be standing here today if it was not for the wonderful opportunities that I have had through the vision 25 years ago and the continuing commitment of the members of St Mary’s faith community who passionately believe in pooling knowledge and resources to ensure that the most vulnerable in the community have access to opportunities, resources and services not from a position of charity but from a position of justice and a belief that all lives have equal value regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, culture, disability, economic status or geographical location.”

The Bill’s objective is to minimise the amount of offensive advertising on Queensland registered vehicles to enforce the Advertising Standards Board (ASB) determinations.

There is a major shift in national and international standards and action aimed at tackling violence against women and girls. The evidence is unequivocal: disrespect and sexual objectification of women and girls is a major contributing factor to the persistent sexual and physical violation of women and girls by men (National Plan, 2010; Queensland Special Task Force on Domestic and Family Violence, 2015).

This is action that Micah Projects wholeheartedly endorses. We commend the Transportation and Utilities Committee for this opportunity to provide feedback on the Bill.

View the summary of the first 12 months of the Pathways Service (Jan–Dec 2015).

Over a 12-month period, people who were chronically homeless used state government funded services that cost approximately A$48,217 each. Over another 12-month period in which they were tenants of permanent supportive housing, the same people used state government services that cost approximately A$35,117.

"What makes it worse and haunts my dreams to this day, is that if we as a police force did what were we were supposed to do, what we were charged to do, what we took an oath to do, so much of that pain and suffering would not exist today." Denis Ryan