Australian Community Sector Survey 2007

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28 February 2007This annual survey received responses from 857 community services across Australia in the 12 months to July 2006. The report finds that community services are under strain trying to meet the needs of disadvantaged Australians. Lack of funding or resources meant one in every sixteen people who accessed a service were turned away from community services last year. People who need housing assistance, disability supported accommodation, community legal services, emergency relief and childcare find it particularly difficult to get these services

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