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A Scan of Disadvantage 2010 launch Tuesday 9 March 2010. Please click here for further details on the launch.

The Centre has engaged Pam Bourke, Fiona Caniglia and Angkana Praphakorn Whiley to create an up-to-date 2010 version of the Scan of Disadvantage in Queensland 2006. The 2006 report aimed to “identify the dimensions of spatial disadvantage in Queensland to inform future service delivery and research work undertaken by UnitingCare Queensland”. Using recent data (including SEIFA data and the Index of Relative Disadvantage) the new report highlights the communities in Queensland with the most significant concentrations of disadvantage.

The revision of this report comes at a critical time for Australian households and communities with the crisis in the global and national economy and a likely escalation of poverty including high levels of unemployment. The report will be relevant to these particular circumstances and take the opportunity to offer a positive contribution to addressing such challenges in partnership with government, business and other community organisations.

A Scan of Disadvantage in Queensland 2010 is available to download here (after the launch on 9 March). 

Fact sheets on statistical divisions are also available here.

Please contact the Centre for Social Justice for a hard copy at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it   or 07 3025 2013. Click here to view Scan of Disadvantage in Queensland 2006.

The Network’s purposes are:
- Sharing Information
- Networking
- Creating Coalitions on Projects
- Working Together for Change

The second forum of the Criminal Justice Network was held on the 25th February at Jagera Arts Centre (South Brisbane). If you wish to speak to an issue at the next forum, please complete a form for either electronic or handwritten submission.

The next CJN forum will be held on the 27th May 2010.

For more information please email: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or phone 07 3025 2013 or check the website at http://www.cjn.org.au/

Issue 4 of socialJUSTICE Housing, Homelessness and Resilience IS OUT NOW!

The Centre for Social Justice launched their newsletter socialJUSTICE at the launch of Anti-Poverty Week 2008. The first issue looked at Criminal Justice and Poverty. Issue 2 focused on person-centred practice and looked at justice within UnitingCare services and human services in general.  Issue 3 continued on the theme of person-centred practice placing people at the heart of service and issue 4 looks at poverty and homelessness.

To view socialJUSTICE click here

To recieve the FREE socialJUSTICE e-newsletter click the subscribe tab to the left or email This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it   with your postal address for a hard copy. socialJUSTICE is released three times a year.

The Centre has worked with the Synod’s Communication Services Unit to create an on-line Housing and Homelessness Directory to be used by individuals, congregations, and presbyteries.  The Directory provides access to information about housing and homelessness and related resources and services and is locality oriented.

Rather than having expert local knowledge, anyone can respond to enquiries using information from one website tailored to the needs of the Uniting Church. 

The Housing and Homelessness Directory is implementation of a decision made by the 27th Queensland Synod as part of a comprehensive suite of proposals adopted as a response to homelessness.  Click here to view the Resolution A Place to Call Home

Read all about the launch of the Housing and Homelessness Directory in the latest Journey October 2009

Every Thursday people around the world are invited to wear black. This campaign focuses on rape and violence in our community; wearing black on Thursdays "demonstrates a desire for a community where we can all walk safely without fear of being beaten up, verbally abused, raped, or being discriminated against due to your sexual orientation, political affiliation, gender or ethnicity. It shows you want to be free."

Thursdays in Black campaign protests began in the 1970s by Argentinean women. These women began wearing black sashes in honour of their friends and family members who were disappearing, being raped, and abused. Their ultimate goal was to raise the government’s awareness to these acts of violence happening in their homeland. Little did they know the Thursdays in Black campaign would later evolve into an international campaign. Every Thursday, many Australians wear black and/or ribbons and badges to recognize the rape and violence suffered by Aboriginal people for over 200 years and to silently protest for a world without violence.

If you want to help demonstrate a desire for a community where people of all sexual, political, gender and ethnic orientations can be safe, consider wearing black on Thursdays.