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Making The Fijian Connection

by Mark Mordue | Nov 23, 2021

Everyone calls her Grace. But her real name is Keresi Rabuatoka. Her organisation does not have a formal name, just a bunch of able-bodied people she has martialled into action. Usually she – and everyone else – calls them The Fijian Community. TFC. The Fijian...

Changing the Game – Addi Road, Craig Foster and food relief in Sydney

by Mark Mordue | Apr 3, 2020

There’s no other way to put it. Darcy Byrne, the Mayor of Inner West Council in Sydney, says that “if it wasn’t for Addi Road all the major NGOs and charity organisations we work with would have run out of food two weeks ago.” He is standing out front of Gumbramorra...

The Land of Topsy-Turvy

by Mark Mordue | Apr 1, 2020

Rob and Jess from The Exodus Foundation came down to Addison Road Community Organisation this morning to talk about what is happening across the city during COVID-19. Rob explained that many charity and community groups are “shuttering” or, at best, reducing...

It took this virus to expose our meanest streak – the pitiful Newstart allowance

by Mark Mordue | Mar 26, 2020

A report from behind the frontlines of unemployment and poverty in Australia, where Mark Mordue responds to a normal day at Addison Road Community Organisation’s Food Pantry, our food rescue and food security low-cost supermarket for people in need. Article...