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Communications Manager, Anglicare Southern Queensland

Michael Franks

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Michael Franks is the Communications Manager for Anglicare Southern Queensland and an MBA Associate at the QUT Graduate School of Business. He is a former journalist who previously worked with Queensland’s emergency services agencies for more than a decade.

Articles by Michael

Budget must tackle housing affordability

Anglicare Southern Queensland’s annual Rental Affordability Snapshot has again illuminated the dire situation facing people on low incomes in Greater Brisbane

COVID-19 welfare increases must be made permanent

With the release of its annual Rental Affordability Snapshot, Anglicare Southern Queensland is calling for the Australian Government’s temporary COVID-19 welfare increases to be made permanent and extended to aged pensioners and people with a disability

Writer’s Circle author Ivan Stefanovic, with Anglicare’s Leah Sullivan, holding a copy of Moments We Treasure: Preserving Memories Forever, which features 16 personal stories from Anglicare’s Sunshine Coast Writer’s Circle respite clients

16 lifetimes of treasured moments captured in print

To help preserve our heritage and share stories from the past, a group of Sunshine Coast seniors has authored a new book that will feature in the State Library of Queensland

Nearly six Queenslanders compete for every entry-level job vacancy

New research from Anglicare has found nearly six people are competing for every entry-level job vacancy in Queensland

New Youth Justice Department must raise minimum age of criminal responsibility

Anglicare is calling on the new Youth Justice Department to prioritise removing children from adult watch houses and raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14

Youth homelessness a growing crisis in Qld

42 per cent of people experiencing homelessness in Australia are under 25: That’s 28,000 young people who feel the hunger, isolation and fear that come with homelessness every night

Tips for managing back-to-school anxiety

As more than 800,000 Queensland students return to school this week, parents and guardians have a crucial role to play in helping their children manage the transition from home to classroom

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Queensland kids need you to care

Michael Franks Tuesday 29 January 2019
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Spare a thought for the forgotten people this Christmas

Michael Franks Wednesday 19 December 2018