Sharon Callister GAICD, MBA, BHA, RN
@SharonCallister
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CEO at @MissionAust | @ComCouncil Board | Committed to Mission Australia’s vision of an Australia where everyone has a safe home and can thrive.
Joined March 2022
Anti-Poverty Week is a time to focus on the deep and direct links between poverty and homelessness in Australia. This week isn’t just about raising awareness but about advocating for real change to end these intertwined challenges. @AntiPovertyWeek
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Grateful to @MissionAust staff who helped shape our new Stretch RAP, especially our Knowledge, Reference & Champions Groups. Thanks to @RecAustralia for your support since our first RAP in 2009. Reconciliation is at the heart of how we work, and we’re committed to this journey.
❤️💛🖤Reconciliation is a commitment to justice, healing & shared futures. Our new Stretch Reconciliation Action Plan elevates Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples' voices, cultural safety & respectful partnerships. Thanks to staff who shaped it.
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Honoured to rep @MissionAust at the Icons Parliamentary Breakfast at Qld Parliament House for Intl Year of Co-operatives 2025. Thanks Great Southern Bank for the invite, proud to partner on improving energy efficiency of our community homes! Great to connect with co-op leaders.
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It’s Include a Charity Week 2025! By leaving a gift in your Will, you can help create lasting change and support people in need for generations to come. Find out how your legacy can make a difference:
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As a valuable supporter, we would like you to be confident that your donations are hard at work, helping families in their time of crisis.
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This #HW2025 @MissionAust calls for early support & investment to help people avoid homelessness & stay living in their homes. 1 in 10 new homes should be social homes so everyone has a safe, secure home. Together, we can #EndHomelessness. Read my blog:
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As we come together to mark Homelessness Week from Monday 4 August to Sunday 10 August, I find myself reflecting on the strength and resilience I see every day
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I’m proud to launch @MissionAust's Strategy 2030 — our bold, five-year plan to respond to the evolving and diverse needs of the people we serve across Australia. Together, we’re building hope and possibility for all.
🎯Introducing @MissionAust's Strategy 2030 We've launched our bold 5-year plan to deliver more safe, secure homes, expand our impact and strengthen our organisation to meet human need in Australia. Together, we’re building hope and possibility for all. https://t.co/5YgK9ygIEW
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This new report confirms the urgent need for safe, secure & truly affordable homes. We call for more social housing & a boost to income support to end homelessness & ensure people can put down roots, have certainty & thrive. Governments must act now. @ACOSS @SPRC_UNSW
The new @ACOSS @SPRC_UNSW report shows a worsening rental crisis & critical shortfall in social housing. We back their call for more social housing & to boost income support to tackle housing insecurity, end homelessness & help communities thrive. @SharonCallister
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As one of Australia’s largest community services and housing charities, we have more than 140 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff and we serve nearly 28,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people each year. For us, Reconciliation is not a side project. #NRW2025
Read our CEO @SharonCallister's NRW blog below 👉 https://t.co/iZbz9ow7gB
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On May 12 we celebrated International Nurses Day! As a registered nurse, this day is close to my heart. To all our hardworking nurses out there - thank you for your commitment and care! #IND2025
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This Federal Election @MissionAust urges all political parties & candidates to prioritise investment in safe, affordable housing, support for young people & ending poverty & homelessness. We need major commitments & policies to help people with the least.
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Mission Australia, one of Australia’s largest community housing and community service charities, has shared its Federal Election priorities
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💰⚖️#Budget2025 Another Missed Opportunity: Mission Australia The Federal Budget was another missed opportunity to provide sustained relief to people across the country who are facing immense financial pressures due to the ongoing housing emergency and cost of living crisis.
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Women are at greater risk of homelessness than men and the rate is growing. We need to do better. Every woman deserves safe, secure, and affordable housing - a foundation for dignity, independence and opportunity. #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay
https://t.co/e66b7d9IqZ
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On International Women’s Day (8 March), we celebrate the incredible women across Australia - our mothers, daughters, colleagues, and those we serve - whose stre
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.@ozprodcom #ROGS2025 shows too many people are in rental stress. Need increased CRA, income support, a $500M Prevention Transformation Fund + 1M social & affordable homes in 20 yrs as part of the National Housing & Homelessness Plan to #endhomelessness.
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Mission Australia’s response to the 2025 Report on Government Services - Housing and homelessness released on Thursday 30th January 2025, the latest Report
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This week, our Chair Ian Hammond & I met with @MissionAust's new Patron, Her Excellency the Hon Ms Sam Mostyn AC Governor-General. She affirmed our shared vision to create positive change in the lives of people in need & is championing our efforts to end homelessness in Aust.
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"Without urgent action, more people across Aust will be left behind & at risk of homelessness. We call for an increase in JobSeeker & other income support to $82 a day + 60% boost to the maximum threshold of Commonwealth Rent Assistance." @SharonCallister
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More than 20 per cent of Australian renters are living in poverty after their rent has been paid, a new study has found.
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Together with our supporters, funders, partners, staff, and volunteers, we’re proud to have helped 162,520 Australians on their journey to independence in 2023-2024. Our Annual Report 2024 celebrates key milestones and achievements over the last year: https://t.co/iMDpBn4H4O
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Cost-of-living pressures are being felt by all Australians and these energy upgrades are helping to ease the financial burden for our Mission Australia Housing residents. A big thank you to Great Southern Bank for your continued support and commitment to making a difference!
☀️Mission Australia Housing residents in Western Sydney are benefiting from energy upgrades funded through our partnership with Great Southern Bank. The new rooftop solar system will reduce electricity bills by up to 35% during a cost-of-living crisis. https://t.co/hpNXBHtqWa
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This #AntiPovertyWeek, let’s break the link between poverty & homelessness: We must lift income support, raise rent assistance, build more social & affordable housing + create a $500M Homelessness Prevention Transformation Fund. Read my blog:
missionaustralia.com.au
Anti-Poverty Week, which runs from October 13-19 this year, provides us with a vital opportunity to focus on the critical issue of homelessness and the deep con
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I’m so pleased to welcome Sam Mostyn AC as @MissionAust’s new Patron. We look forward to working alongside Ms Mostyn to create positive change in the lives of people in need across Australia, and further extend our reach and impact.
📢As #HomelessnessWeek draws to an end, we’re honoured to welcome @MissionAust’s new Patron - Her Excellency General the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia! https://t.co/z55CtGp10q
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