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Justene Gordon, Graham Bargwanna and Emelia Weaver of The Burdekin Association at the 2023 Annual Northern Beaches Breakfast Fundraiser

Community Matters

We are always saying how much our community matters to us, especially at Christmas - because we mean it. The Burdekin Association can honestly do so much, because of you. We'd like to shout out a big thank you to...
Professor Brian Burdekin

Professor Brian Burdekin on ABC Radio National

Click here to listen to the radio interview. The Burdekin Association's Patron and Australia’s first Federal Human Rights Commissioner, Professor Brian Burdekin AO spent over 30 years advocating for the needs of children - those with disabilities and mental illness....
The Burdekin Association, Newsletter Image, Homelessness

What to do? Homelessness Conference offers solutions

Did you know? The number of young Australians identified as homeless increased by 2,500 to 46,000 between 2016 and 2021 (Australian Census data).  This was a key finding of the National Children and Youth Homelessness Conference that was held late...
#makeit21

Home Stretch

The Home Stretch is a national campaign formed to seek change to the current leaving care arrangements for young people in care with the aim to extend the leaving care age from 18 to 21 years of age. Based on...
3rd National Homelessness Conference

3rd National Homelessness Forum

The 3rd National Homelessness Forum 2021 takes place 27th - 29th April. The National Homelessness Forum is a hybrid event hosted both in-person from Perth and live-streamed. You can follow the event with hashtag #NationalHomelessnessForum2021. Homelessness is increasing, in fact...