AUTUIENT 1990 JOURNAL OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF ST. LAURENCE REGISTERED BY AUSTRALIA Posr NO. VAW 1129 NO 276 ISSN NO 0300 4678 BROTHERHOOD ACTION

In this special issue of Brotherhood Action,the Brotherhood of St Laurence marks 25 years of service by Peter Hotting worth, pictured here with his wife, Ann, as he departs to take up his new role as. Archbishop of Brisbane. CONTENTS EDITORIAL Editorial 2 The departure of Peter Hollingworth from the Brotherhood marks the end of an era. For the Brotherhood family Peter's going will have different Official Farewell 2 significance. Some of you will have known hirn as Father Peter, the Chaplain, or simply as Peter, a good friend and Peter Hollingworth - confidant; others of you will associate him with his years as an Associate Vocation and Vision 3-6 Director and then as Executive Director known successively as Canon and Bishop. But the marvellous thing Career Highlights 6 about Peter is that whatever the office he holds or whatever the title it is the same Peter, passionate and forceful in his advocacy for the poor, Taking a National Lead 7-8 articulate about the social implications of the gospel, and generous and warm in friendship. For all these reasons Peter will be very much missed by Milestones of Our Past all the Brotherhood family and by a community which respects his leader- 25 Years 9 ship. But as with Geoffrey Sambell's departure for Perth, so Peter's going to A Quarter Century of Brisbane spreads the Brotherhood's influence ever wider. There is no doubt Financial Growth 1 0 that Brisbane will benefit from the 'enormous insights, energy and vision which Peter will take with Glad Remembers him. So we all wish him and Ann every success 'A Good Friend' 11-12 and blessing in this new phase in their lives and in Peter's ministry. All their friends in the Brotherhood family join together to say "thank you" and "God Peter Personifies the speed". Brotherhood 12 In the meantime the Selection Committee of the Board is considering the numerous applications for the position of Executive Director. Bill Ford will Thousands Post Cards 13 be Acting Director until an appointment is made. The Board wishes to assure all the Brotherhood family that in making the appointment of his Donations and Volunteers 15 successor, it intends to uphold all that is good in the Brotherhood tradition, as so ably represented by Peter Hollingworth. Press Club Hears Call for Childen 16-14 L/e&y,a,-.,(AN a. Andrew R. St. John, Chairman of the Board

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PAGE 2 PETER HOLLINGWORTH - VOCATION AND VISION

When Peter Hollingworth was cizing is the fact that they are the discussion and, increasingly, that enthroned as Archbishop of Bris- products of a society that doesn't requires a lot of skill." bane on 22nd March one of the care very much about moral values." Would he like to see social justice emblems on his episcopal cloak was Bishop Hollingworth will never recognized as something above poli- the grid of St Laurence. Peter Hol- accept that economics can be seen tics? lingworth first worked for the Broth- as an end in itself. Wouldn't people "Apart from God, nothing is erhood as a student at Trinity Col- like Paul Keating and John Hewson above politics. Politics is the stuff of lege who came to chop wood for the be inclined to say that unless eco- ordering our common life and we poor in the university holidays. He nomics was seen as an end in itself can never avoid it." was appalled by what he saw— the Australia would destroy itself? Saying that the Church, for in- squalor, the lack of running water in 'Well, maybe it's their role to say stance, should be above politics is a Fitzroy thirty-five years ago. The ex- that but are a lot of other words way of saying the Church should opt perience changed his life. which have to be said. It's the job of out. And for Peter Hollingworth For twenty-five years the Broth- the Brotherhood to look after the opting out is a form of copping out. erhood has been his vocation. He poor and outcast, just as it's the job When you talk to Peter Holling- has been Chaplain and Associate Director of Social Services. Since 1980 he has been the Executive Director of the organization. Under his leadership the Broth- erhood has come to occupy a pre- eminent position among voluntary welfare organizations. It is often held up as a model social welfare organization which is capable of ef- ficiently distributing money and re-. sources.

PUBLIC PROFILE

Peter Hollingworth has a higher public profile than any other social worker or churchman in the coun- try. He deliberately seeks to influ- ence the political parties, both gov- ernment and opposition, in the hope that they will implement policies of social justice. In 1984 he wrote an open letter to the Prirne Minister on the question of Child Poverty which in turn led to significant improve- ments in government policy. It also led to the Brotherhood's current "Promise the Children" campaign which was an attempt to make gov- ernment realize that Child Poverty Peter and Ann Hollingworth at their Fitzroy residence with daughters (from would not be eliminated by rhetoric. left); Fiona, Sarah and Deborah_ Recently, the Archbishop-Elect spoke to Brotherhood Action about his own views on the organisation, of the Church to build a total per- worth you tend to wonder how this on social justice, politics and en- spective on life." modest man would have gone in gagement. politics. At the time he had just been Peter Hollingworth has always BIPARTISAN POLITICS named by Brian Howe, the Social been intent on the idea that freedom Security Minister in the Hawke gov- however important, must always be Peter Hollingworth wants to see ernment. Peter shrugged it off. accompanied by a sense of obliga- the most economically efficient soci- His contacts go back more than tion. 'Why is that a truth that tends ety which is compatible with social half a lifetime. to escape politicians? justice. He has no interest in party "I've known them all fthe politi- "When that happens, it's be- politics though in practice his bipar- cians] for donkey's years. I went to cause of the predominant values of tisan approach to welfare policy the same school as Andrew Peacock. society. They look after the elector- means staying in touch with politi- I used to play football against Brian ate and they want their votes. Obvi- cians. Howe at university and then we were ously politics is the art of compro- 'You have to try to be in dialogue both ministers together in Fitzroy. mise and there's nothing wi g with with parties when they are in oppo- There's the public persona but that. It's a question of the personal sition and stay in contact with them there's also the fact that we know values you hold. If we criticize our when they are in government. A lot each other personally." politicians what we are really criti- can be achieved through face to face

PAGE. a TWO-EDGED RESPONSE blesse oblige— looking after the poor piing." in your care. I find nothing inconsis- He talks of the burgeoning areas One of the things you notice tent about his later stance on apart- where the new poor live in the new about Peter Hollingworth is that he's heid." outer suburbs of Melbourne. They politically and economically shrewd The great failing in the 70s and may not always be technically poor while having no desire to be worldly. early 80s was in housing. The but they have insufficient dispos- Ifyou ask him about a tough govern- Hawke government tried to redress able income to maintain a good qual- ment proposal like putting young the neglect of public housing policy ity of life. Then there is the growing people off the dole or reducing their but by the time the attempt was underclass: the homeless young, allowance his response is two- made the economy was making it Aborigines (especially fringe dwell- edged. risky. ers) and the people who have been "Look, I have no difficulty with "Housing is the big challenge," discharged from psychiatric institu- the macro thrust of that kind of says Peter Hollingworth. The ques- tions and prisons as a result of de- policy. The system is not there per- tion is how we can encourage finan- institutionalization. manently to protect people— that's a cial institutions to participate in Are we heading towards a society post-war concept— but to help them providing low cost housing? How do like A_merica where welfare has been reach their full status as human you bridge the deposit gap and dismantled and 'bag people' would beings. I can understand a be everywhere. movement away from reliance "It's not on the same scale. on the Unemployment Benefit. We don't have such an open The real need is for adequate immigration policy and we pre-training & trainig pro- don't have a displaced peas- grammes. But what do you do antry or slave population. Nor when you have numbers of do we polarize like the Ameri- people who don't qualify for the cans— the U.S. swings from ex- benefit and who can't find a tremity to extremity. People place in the workforce. Their complain to me that in Austra- families can't afford to support lia there's nothing much to them. What happens to them? choose between the two parties Do they have to beg on the and, I think, Thank God for streets or prostitute them- that!' Though I can't say I like selves or resort to burglary?" the New Right or the neo-con- The Archbishop-to-be is servatism that's sweeping saddened by the way we can through Liberalism. They run an election not in terms of want to go too far, and push what can be given away but in government right down the terms of what can be clawed path of economic rationalism back. Not that he fails see the & total deregulation. But I point of neo-conservatism. don't think they'll succeed. We "It's a half truth. Mrs Thatcher have such a long-established is half right... The world is full tradition of egalitarianism in of half truths but they can this country— a belief in a well never address the total human ordered world." condition." CHILDREN THE FIRST FALL-OUT BREAKTHROUGHS Peter Hollingworth as Executive Director in / 990. The Brotherhood can't af- Of course the Brotherhood ford to be complacent when the has to emphasise particular areas of structure interest rates in ways that Burdekin report has exposed the need. In the 1960s the aged were the recognize families' expenses & out- plight of so many people who are most vulnerable group in the com- lays over a life time?" down and out. 'For all our efforts munity and the Brotherhood did a For Peter Hollingworth good towards a better society these people lot of campaigning for them. The quality, affordable housing is the have fallen through the net. In the first breakthrough was the adjust- guts of the social problem. decade ahead we will need to put a ing of the pension between budgets priority on the poorest people in our and then the indexation of pensions HOME THE 'IVIARRAM GRASS' society." under Whitlam and tying it to the For Peter Hollingworth much of CPI under Fraser. "The home is, in some sense, the this comes from the changes in the Both the Whitlam and Fraser 'marram grass of our civilization'. idea of the family. "A lot of these kids governments had good track records It's still the place where we interact are the fall-out." on the question of child care. at close range, where we give each So does he think we're worse off "Fraser did carry on the commit- other support. It still has great for single parenting and kids in ment to child care for quite a few symbolic power. Now if the home is creches? years. Although Malcolm Fraser's leaking or substandard or cramped "The social worker," he says, "will initial strategy was to talk tough his then the conditions of life will be too. always relativise this. Of course practice was different. It was no- And the cost of new housing is crip- you're better off to be on your own Pi-WM than to be beaten up by a husband enough to keep on trying to care. He makes them a bit uncomfortable." who comes home drunk every night. hopes that people who may no But for Hollingworth social jus- One parent families are better than longer believe in God, but who do tice is always a striving for the Good. two parent families with a violent, ir- believe in loving their neighbour Is it incumbent on the Brotherhood responsible parent. And some may be open to the possibility of to see poverty as an absolute evil, women just can't handle rearing transformation & renewel in their not an unfortunate side effect of our kids, so they get more nurture in a lives, otherwise "the burden is intol- economic social arrangements. creche. I know all that's true." erable"— guilt, loneliness and At the same time Peter Honing- thwarted egotism. POVERTY DEBASES worth does see the family as 'the "It's a relief to talk like this," he PEOPLE normative basic nurturing unit' of says, "after twenty-five years in the society, though it is being redefined. Brotherhood because there's a kind "Poverty is evil because it de- He hopes we have moved beyond the of repression. You can't easily talk bases people and makes them seem stage of wanting disposable rela- about these things in a welfare con- subhuman. It brings out the base tionships. text. And yet I know social theory instincts for survival. It mars the "We crave for stable relation- and social practice well enough but image of the divine." There's nothing ships whether it's in marriage or I also know that they are not suffi- of the trendy social worker in that outside of marriage. And as a vision. Though there is an- Christian bishop I have to say other side too. that for me marriage is the sac- "The paradox is that I have rament which ties all this to- talked to poor peasants in the gether by requiring mutual ob- villages of the Philippines who ligations.' If we don't hang on were profoundly spiritual & to something like the idea of cultured people. They haven't marriage, Peter Hollingworth lost their sense of dignity. A thinks, there will be little sup- couple of generations in an ur- port for our children. "Other- ban ghetto and they would, but wise," he says, "they'll become they haven't yet." the refuse." Hollingworth's religious tradition gives an intense real- RELIGIOUS VISION ity to the conception of his work. Almost in relief the con- Of course Peter Holling- versation drifted back to the worth, an Anglo-Catholic by Brotherhood as a structure. training and affinity, is about Does he ever feel that the right to become the head of an arch- road for the Brotherhood is to diocese and you can see in him forget about all tlais hands on the effort to make explicit the work and to concentrate in a unity he has always seen be- systematic and technocratic tween social justice and a relig- way on the kind of research ious vision. which would defeat the enemy He sounds almost tentative by its command of issues and when he says, "I think part of politicies. the problem is that modern "That's a big challenge. secular society has rejected We've been planning a review both the notion of sin and the and I would have liked two notion of grace. When we try to more years to see it through. It achieve and we fail a sense of Photographed at a local Fitzroy passport booth . . . Peter has to happen. I'm very happy despair sets in and part of the Hollingworth as a new recruit to the Brotherhood in his with the work that's being done. disillusion is our failure to rec- first year here as Chaplain in 1964. The Brotherhood is a multi-pur- ognise the 'fallen nature of pose organization. It still is hands humanity'-or, if you don't like it put cient in solving intractable human on— but the trouble is it's not integrated, that way, that 'we think & know the problems & that ultimately the solu- the parts don't mesh. We have to work tion is somewhere else. Forgiveness out a structure that's appropriate to better and do the worse."' these tasks. I do think the Brotherhood Peter Hollingworth believes that has not been a large part of the vo- will be different in the future." we have to come to terms with the cabulary of case work and counsel- Though presumably he wouldn't possibility of grace if we are ever to ling." want the Brotherhood to lose its vision of be reconciled to the inevitability of The challenge for Peter Holling- itself as a hands-on organization in fa- our short comings. How else could worth is to express that part of the vour of research? any one dare to take the vows of truth of his theology which can be RESEARCH SERVES ACTION marriage with their impossible stan- shared with an agnostic world. He dards of love and caring? doesn't want to sound like the sects "It's 'both/and'. The research has to He believes these things as a on the street or the hot gospel evan- be action-oriented. it can't be research ,P Christian but he also holds to them gelists: "I'm aware that talk about for its own sake. That's the university's as a field worker of some experience. sin and grace is a big turn off to most role— which I will always uphold — but He thinks kids are destroyed be- people. It reminds them of their it's not ours." Peter Hollingworth has been re-read- cause people don't trust themselves oppressively religious past that ing Jo hn Henry Newman's The Idea of the University in order to prepare a speech for an honorary degree. "But our re- CAREER HIGHLIGHTS search has to serve social action and social action must lead to positive irn- provement in peoples' lives. If we're not QUALIFICATIONS acting and challenging people I don't think we should be in businesss." 1955-60 Trinity College, Melbourne University, B.A, The Brotherhood suffered a financial Licentiate of Theology. hiccup last year when it had relied too 1964-70 Melbourne University, Diploma of Social Studies heavily on the expectation of a certain - Social Work 111, Isobel level of legacies. 'We'd always said we Strachan prize for field mustn't rely on the dead to fina_nce the work (equal). living." At any rate the situation has now 1967 Overseas study tour been rectified. 1975 Commonwealth Post-Graduate Award in Social Work. "VVe're coming home with a bit of a 1977-79 Melbourne University, M.A - Thesis: "'The Anglican Parish gallop," he says. Priest and the Welfare Obligation: an exploratory study of Bishop Hollingworth obviously takes welfare involvement of parish clergy in the pains to be honest. He refuses to idealize Archdiocese the Brotherhood. of Melbourne." "I think we have a good record as 1986 Hon. L.L.D. (Monash) partners with government. We're good 1990 Hon. L.L.D. (Melbourne) corporate citizens. I'm a strong sup- POSITIONS AT THE BROTHERHOOD porter of the voluntary welfare system but I don't think it's worth should be 1964-68 Chaplain and Director of Services for overstated. There families, youth and are good people in the the aged. government as well." 1970-75 For a moment he sounds like a Chaplain and Associate Director modest but tough operator. But then 1980-1990 Executive Director someone as politically talented as Peter Hollingworth has always sounded like a IVIAJOR PUBLICATIONS just man in Sodom. Does he want the Brotherhood to Australians in Poverty (1979) return to a modern version of its original The Poor: Victims of Affluence? vision? "I think it's true that there is a (1975) certain discontinuity between what we The Powerless Poor: A Comprehensive Guide to Poverty in were and what we are." Australia (1972) He worries the question, explaining that he was part of the secularisation CHURCH APPOINTMENTS that the Brotherhood underwent in the 1960s and the 1970s. 1960-64 Priest "We could never have achieved what in charge, St Mary's, North Melbourne we have if we had been a churchy organi- 1970-73 Priest in charge, St Mark's, Fitzroy zation. Think of the way we pioneered 1970-80 Secretary, National Anglican Social Responsibilities Family Planning." Commission At the same time he talks about how 1980-85 Canon of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne his sense of the secular world can never 1985-90 Bishop of the Inner City, Melbourne be separate from the Word made flesh. 1990- Archbishop of Brisbane He's been reading a lot more theology in the last ten or fifteen years. When it all comes down to it Peter COMMUNITY APPOINTMENTS Hollingworth doesn't believe poverty is no more than 'structural inequality'. 1974-78 Chairman, Ecumenical Migration Centre That's just a weak word for something 1979-80 President, Victorian Council of Social Services which is fundamentally soul-destroying. 1986-87 Chair, International Year of Shelter for the Homeless National non-Government Committee.

HONOURS

1988 Order of Australia 1976 Order of the British Empire

PAGE 6 TAKING A NATIONAL LEAD

Peter Hollingworth with Father Selwyn Reynolds, one of the founding members of the Brotherhood, at th.e official opening of the cottage redevelopment project at Carrum Downs in 1987. Father Selwyn is still resident at the settlement.

The past 25 years of Brotherhood died in 1974, the most Rev'd 'These are the projects which the history has seen the organisation G.T.Sambell, the second Executive Brotherhood can claim to have pio- achieve some outstanding innova- Director, and David Scott, the third neered and which have been tions in welfare and undergo huge Executive Director from whom I took adopted nationally. They also show changes itself. But above all else, its over in 1980. These three were that we've made solid achievements single key milestone has been to giants in thier fields and laid the across the board for families, chil- become an organisation of national foundations which we have been dren and the aged," he says. influence, says Peter Hollingworth. able to build on since." 'The Family Centre, for example, Peter begins to mention a few led to a major shift in the whole ap- names of those who stand out for KEY ACHIEVEMENTS proach to the delivery ofwelfare from- their contributions to the Brother- doing things for those in poverty to hood's major achievements since This diversity of expertise is re- empowering them to change their 1965 ... but then he stops: flected in the list of key Brotherhood lives and take control of their re- "All this has been the work of achievements since Peter arrived in sources." many people, some of whom have the organisation 25 years ago. In the area of Social Policy and stayed for a long period, or some who In the area of Services he singles Research, the Brotherhood has stayed just a brief period, but who out the following six proj ects as most grown from undertaking one-off made a decisive contribution and significant: the establishment of the pieces of research to becoming a then moved on to positions of greater Family Planning Clinic (1967), the centre of excellence in research and responsibility," he says. Family Centre (1970- 1), the Family policy to the point of having a major 'They all came from diverse pro- Day Care Service (1972), the Self- impact on the formulation of politi- fessions and backgrounds, includ- Development Project for the Aged cal policies at national and state ing all levels of government, re- (SPAN) (1978), the Employment levels. search institutions and business. Development Unit (1987) and the es- Its areas of expertise include in- However, I would particularly like to tablishment of the St. Laurence come and security, employment and mention the Rev'd G.K. Tucker, the House Day and Respite Care Centre training, education and housing. founder of the Brotherhood who for the confused aged (1987). "Perhaps the most current and Smiles all roundfollowed a highly successftd Pensions Reform Campaign in 1971. From left: Walter Lippman, from th.e Jewish Welfare Society; David Scott, Executive Director of the Brotherhood; the Reverend Doug Dargaville, President of the Victorian Council of Churches; with Peter Hollingworth, then Associate Director.

outstanding example of this work is careful and detailed analysis of "My biggest sadness is that we our 'Promise the Children' cam- people in poverty in Australia that have not done enough about the paign," he says. had ever been undertaken," he says. total dimension of people's lives, "Our independence and root- As well, he remembers those particularly the spiritual aspect. edness in the lives and experience of projects which often involved the es- "The thing we really failed to do, low income people give us a special tablishment of independent welfare for example, at our Action Resource position and perspective in Austra- organisations linked to the Brother- Centre, was to tap into the spiritual lian social thinking and research." hood such as the Fitzroy Commu- resources of those who were in- nity Youth Centre, Hanover Welfare volved as part of their empower- FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE Services, the Ecumenical Migration ment. Unfortunately, I had not read Centre, and the Family Planning enough Liberation theology at that Underpinning both the Brother- Association. stage to know how to encourage that hood's Services and Research has "All these led to change and con- to happen." , also been significant development of crete outcomes for disadvantaged Fundamentally, the Brother- its business and income generation people." hood contains within it many differ- enterprises. As an organisation the Brother- ing visions which cannot easily be "Growth in our Donated Goods hood has grown immensely - from integrated into a single whole. This Division and its allied industries has about 150 people in the mid-1960s has created limitations and ten- enabled us to maintain a higher to more than 600 today, creating sions. degree of independence from Gov- new jobs, particularly in its Donated "It has meant that we have not be ernment than other organisations in Goods Division. able to convey a clear identity to the the welfare sector and this has won "However, the industrialisation public or communicate all that we us much public support." of the welfare sector, along with the are. Internally, this has also led to For his part , Peter finds it hard to rest of society, has posed consider- tension in management," he says. isolate one particular project to able threats to our role as a volun- "I leave the Brotherhood knowing which he felt most committed. tary organisation and to the Broth- clearly now that the secular human- However, he speaks of the land- erhood's founding spirit." ist vision, for all the important in- mark made by the Pensions Reform sights it has given us, is not a suffi- Campaign in the early 1970s which SOME REGRETS cient vision for the transformation of led to the Poverty Enquiry and his society. I would dearly love the book, The Powerless Poor (1972). But it is not without regrets for Brotherhood to play more of a part in "This was a major landmark in some lost opportunities that Peter working towards that goal." Australian history. It led to the most leaves the Brotherhood.

r4 MILESTONES OF OUR PAST 25 'YEARS

1965 "High Living" Research Project on High 1981 Opening of Sambell Lodge Rise Public Housing Northcote Youth Accommodation Project

1966 OPENING OF FAMILY PLANNING CLINIC, 1982 Opening of Flinders Lodge Nursing FITZROY Home, Lara Joint Planning for the new Fitzroy Re-organising of Donated Goods Community Youth Centre Division BSL hands over control to community 1968 St Laurence Court, Bendigo, joint groups of: venture with Diocese of Bendigo Unemployment Rights Service Bendigo Salvage Division established Northcote Youth Accommodation Project SPAN 1970 David Scott appointed Executive Director Family Day Care following appointment of G. T. Sambell as Opening of Sharing Centre (Material Aid) Archbishop of Perth. Completion of Poverty Education Project Establishment of Clearing House on 1970-71 Closure of Youth Centre, Children Centre Poverty Issues & Social Service Bureau in preparation for Completion of Neighbourhood Employment a radically new FAMILY CENTRE Development Program

1972 FAMILY CENTRE ESTABLISHED 1983 Commencement of Group Housing Project POVERTY ENQUIRY Limurru Cottage changed from Child Establishment of Sovial Issues Care Centre to Neighbourhood Parents & Department Children's Centre Newsprint rehabilitation project (sheltered workshop) 1984 Establishment of Strategic Planning Committee 1973 LIMMURU, CHILD CARE CENTRE OPENED 1985 AFFIRMATIVE EMPLOYMENT UNIT MATERIAL AID SERVICE OPENED Eric Hart Activities Centre, Lara Special Acconunodation Unit - Carinya 1974 Handing over of St Laurence Court, Millott House / Rooming Houses Bendigo, to Diocese of Bendigo (repairing Gertrude Street Rooming Sheltered Workshop name change Houses) - "Laurence Industries" Deáth of Father Tucker, founder 1986 Expansion of Schools Programme

1975 Peninsula Salvage Division opened 1987 EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT UNIT Frankston Material Aid Service 1976 Action and Resource Centre (ARC) takes Geelong Confused Elderly pilot project over from Family Centre (St Laurence House) Broughton Nursing Home purchased Appointment of Human Resource Manager

- Family Support Services Review 1977 KING STREET JOB CENTRE PILOT PROJECT 1988 Open Employment Unit replaces Opening of Sumner House Hostel Laurence Industries Linkages Programme 1978 SELF DEVLOPMENT PROJECT FOR THE Geelong/Frankston AGED (SPAN) Purchase of Winnipeg Textiles -- 1979 UNEMPLOY1VIENT RIGHTS SERVICE 1989 WINTRINGHAM PROJECT

HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICE PILOT - frail aged homeless PROJECT IN GEELONG Banksia Centre Day Centre, Frankston Poverty Education Project Day Centre connected to Coolibah Club Promise the Children Needs Action Review - Action on Child Poverty campaign Purchase of Viking Paper 1980 Neighbourhood Employment Development Establishment of Directorate - Income & Program Business Development A QUARTER CENTURY OF FINANCIAL GROWTH

Over the past 25 years the Broth- erhood's Income & Expenditure has Brotherhood of St Laurence Statement of Income and Expenditure grown at the rate of 18% per annum. Year Ended 30 June This is particularly significant when compared with the increase in the Income 1964 1989 inflation rate of 8% per annum. The strict comparison of the fig- Donated Goods & Salvage 38,000 998,000 ures hides a number of significant Legacies & Donations 87,000 2,263,000 shifts in emphasis: Retail Shops & Auxiliaries 14,000 718,000 • The higher level related to the Accommodation & Fees 50,000 3,441,000 funding of more extensive accom- Goverrunent Subsidies & Grants 5,000 3,897,000 modation facilities for the aged; Investrnent Income 11,000 334,000 • The effect of running large ac- commodation facilities has required 205,000 11,651,000 increased administration and main- tenance expenditure as a percent- Expenditure age of the total; • Whereas in 1964 much of our Aged Care 101,000 7,553,000 family and social workers were con- Family Services 19,000 328,000 ducted "in-house", today we help Social Action 6,000 604,000 support other organisations where Material Aid & Social Work 41,000 610,000 these services can be provided more Grants to other Organisations 8,000 968,000 effectively and directly to those in Administration 22,000 1,396,000 need as well as continuing appropri- Maintenance 7,000 1,061,000 ate services "in-house". 12,520,000 • Despite the relatively large 204,000 amounts received in the form of "Government Subsidies and Grants", significant steps have been made to secure the flow of funds from non-government sources so we are not vulnerable to major shifts in Government policy.

In 1983 top rock group, Mondo Rock, decided to donate their $1,000 Gold Record award to the Brotherhood. Group members, Ross Wilson (middle left) and Eric McCusker (middle right), stopped for a game of pool at th.e Coolibah Club with. Peter Hollingworth and a club member. GLAD REMEMBERS 'A GOOD FRIEND'

was at the end of 1975 that family members took over the profes- sional jobs. We became the indigenous workers. That was the stage when we decided to open it up so that any low income persons could avail themselves of the re- sources. We decided that it wasn't fair for us to have all these re- sources just to our- selves."

TALKS ON POVERTY

Glad Shears cer- tainly sounds like her own person despite the hassles she's had. She enjoyed learning along- side the professionals. And being paid to do re- search. There were also the times when as a Brotherhood employee she addressed audi- ences on the subject of Glad Shears. poverty. But various pressures from family and govern- ment made her give up the job. Glad Shears has always been a him to keep down a pennanent job Glad says that the Brotherhood battler. She's also someone who has and the Shears were forever moving made her more aware of her own had a lot to do with the Brotherhood from house to house and they were position. "It made quite a difference. and with its departing Executive in a lot of trouble with rent arrears. I became stabilized in my housing Director, Peter Hollingworth. So how did the Brotherhood for one thing." Then there were the "I first became involved with the help? holidays she was able to go on— for Brotherhood through Peter himself. the first time in her life. He was the Priest at St Mark's FAMILY CENTRE Does the Brotherhood have Fitzroy where I'd been going to faults? Church sometimes and he thought I "Well, first of all they got me in as "VVell, everybody's got faults but should become a member of the a member of the Centre. They looked the Brotherhood does a mighty fine Family Centre." at the financial side of things and got job because it's got the interests of Glad had been having troubles the rent fixed up. This was in the low income people at heart and it with one of her sons who even as a early 1970s. I was part of the Family tries to influence the government on toddler used to go walkabout. "He Centre. If your income was below their behalf." vv-asn't a naughty boy," she remem- Professor Henderson's poverty line Ask Glad Shears about promi- bers "but at one stage he turned up they used to supplement it up to that nent politicians, Liberal or Labor, at Russell St three times in one amount." and she comes out with three deri- week." She still remembers the pain Glad Shears is a born talker and sive cheers, "Ha. Ha. Ha." Though of a police officer saying they would she speaks in an attractive, leathery she seems to have a pretty sharp put him in Allambie if it happened voice. You can hear a lifetime's sense of who in the political world again. smoking in that voice but also a lot of has a responsible sense of how to That kid was a wanderer and good humour— especially given the help the needy. there were four others to look after. rough trot she has had. One thing But there's no such cynicism On top of this Glad's husband was in Glad got from the Brotherhood was when it comes to Peter Hollingworth poor health. the chance to show that she could who is leaving the Brotherhood to "My husband was a sick man. He work for social justice too. become the Archbishop of Brisbane. had an old war injury and bad ears." "I did actually start working for "Let's just say that from a per- Because of this it was difficult for them in the mid-seventies. I think it sonal point of view I'm not looking forward to him going. For us it's the worst thing that could have hap- PETER 'PERSONIFIES THE BROTHERHOOD' pened. But up there— they've got nothing like the Brotherhood up there. Peter will have to see what he can do for them. "But we would probably have lost him anyway. Because if Brisbane hadn't asked him they would proba- bly have wanted him for Melbourne." So what does she think of her mate Peter?

PETER, 'A GOOD FRIEND'

"He's a very humble man, Peter. When he became a canon of St Paul's I said to him, 'Peter, I hear congratu- lations are in order. They'll be making you a bishop next' and he said to me, 'No way, Glad. They'll never vote for me.' Yes, he's been a very good friend to me." The last sentence is said stac- cato, almost without emphasis. Where does Glad Shears see the Brotherhood going after Holling- worth? "I don't know. I'm just hoping that whoever takes his place will Jean McCaughey. have the sarne ideals. I hope it doesn't lose direction and become Jean another one of those organizations McCaughey has always is as much at home with worked for the old men you only hear about when some- social justice. She is the in the Coolibah Club as he is author of two in the thing really drastic happens. VVhen important books on most exalted places. He is a very welfare and is a member of the Board good model." the homeless are on the streets— of the Brotherhood of St Laurence. How would she like to see they might say a few words but they Although she is the the wife of the Brotherhood develop after Peter? don't publicise, they don't have the Governor of Victoria, Jean Mc- feeling for the "It's very difficult to say because underprivileged that Caughey is characteristically down he's obviously had such the a strong in- Brotherhood has, they don't try to earth. The Belfast voice is musical fluence. Obviously whoever suc- to and earthy at influence government on a regu- the same time. She ceeds him will do things differently lar basis." weighs her words and doesn't waste but basically it will be them the same task but you get no sense of calcu- of achieving social justice lation through CHRISTIANITY in her speech. She radiates advocacy, research and service." EN PRACTICE frankness. Mrs McCaughey hesitates for a What does she think are the Does Glad Shears see ba- moment and then adds, "Peter has the Broth- sic social justice issues which will erhood as a Christian been at the same time, even though organization? confront our society in the future? he 'That's hard to was frequently moving in political define. It's run by "I suppose it is basically a matter or business a circles, a man of great bishop certainly and it started out of the distribution of wealth. Of how spirituality." as a Christian brotherhood for men. many millionaires there are in our She emphasises that this is often society and But the social needs were so bad it how many people are liv- left unspoken. "But people are became involved in social work. I ing in poverty - the increasing gap aware of it. Maybe it's most between rich effective think it's good because if people and poor— which because of that." manifests itself, among other need spiritual help they can get that Jean McCaughey is conscious of things, in housing." too but it's not thrust on them. Like the 'total' view of social justice which What does Jean McCaughey is possible for Peter even though if you've got a financial problem think of the Peter Hollingworth's per- Brotherhood is enriched by the Peter doesn't say, 'What you need is formance dedi- as head of the Brother- cation of many people who would for the Lord Jesus Christ to come hood? not want to describe themselves as into your life.' He practises it rather "Peter's done a superb job. Christian. than preaches it." Somehow he has expressed in him- 'The other thing I should say self what Glad Shears thinks Peter Hol- the Brotherhood stands about Peter is that he has a great for. He lingworth has done a 'fantastic job' personifies what it is all personal warmth. Wherever he about. goes as both a fighter for justice and a Peter Hollingworth is terrifi- in the Brotherhood's increasingly cally respected priest. She said that if she sat down in all circles of the large empire that's felt. He's an af- community-which may not have for an afternoon to list all the things firming person. He gives people a lot much regard for the Church. The more he'd done she'd be sure to forget just self-confidence than they had second point I would make is that he before." as many as she remembered. THOUSANDS POST CARDS FOR CHILDREN

The "Promise the Children-Action on Child Poverty" campaign took on a more public profile during February/ March in its effort to raise awareness of child and family poverty. Promise THE CHILDREN Peter Hollingworth launched the awareness campaign at a televised National Press Club Luncheon in Canberra (see report page 16) and re- leased the latest child poverty esti- mates. The Brotherhood of St Lau- rence believes that 500,000 (1 in 8) Australian children are growing up in poverty. The issue was given promi- nent attention on television through- out Australia. The campaign ran community service announcements on child pov- erty on national television networks. Viewers were asked to register their "Mailone of these cards to us now!" - Peter Hollingworth.and Melbourne school-boy, Matt concern about child poverty with us, Kossatz, promote the child poverty postcards aimed at raising public awareness of the so that we might make this concern issue. A highlight has been the huge response of children to a story on the campaign known to the leaders of all Federal po- by the ABC's 'Behind the News' schools' progrcunrne. litical parties. This bi-partisdn ap- proach holds the key to providing our children with more opportunities. Clip-out coupons in national magazines and postcards were to be sent to the Brotherhood and to date nearly 20,000 cards have been re- turned. The postcards will be delivered to the new Federal Parliament in May.

BUSINESS JOINS CAMPAIGN

The Brotherhood of St Laurence has been keen to include Australian business and industry as one of the target groups in the "Promise the Children" campaign. One of the major events of the carnpaign will be the visit (courtesey of QANTAS) of Stephen O'Brien, Chief Executive, Business in the Community, U.K. Business in the Comrnunity U.K is a catalyst organisation launched in 1981 to promote corporate commu- nity involvement. It is also the custo- dian of the Local Enterprise Agency movement and promotes economic re- generation in depressed comrnunities. His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales is President of Business in the Conununity U.K and Sir Hector Laing of United Biscuits is Chairman. Stephen O'Brien will conduct seminars and meetings with Business Executive Officers in both Sydney and Melbourne. The visit vvill give impetus to the Brotherhood of St Laurence's continu- ing work with business on responsibil- ity for disadvantaged children and young people. Thousands of signatures succeeded in stopping the closure of the Community Youth Support Scheme in 1979. Father Kevin Mogg aeft) talks to Peter Hollingworth across the sea of signatures which were presented to the Federal Minister for Employment. Continued from page 16.

"Future economic policies must clearly increase domestic savings and investments, the balance of payments problem does have to be internationally competitive. We cannot continue to increase our foreign debt and above all we must develop tax policies which discour- age people from finding havens, shuffling paper or investing in un- productive property. Policies must encourage productive investment that will stimulate employment op- portunities and expand available wealth to a greater number of people." Peter Hollingworth emphasised that welfare advocates have devel- oped a sharper economic perspec- tive. Against this any government, Liberal or Labor, had to give priority to the needs of children. The funda- mental needs of adequate income, housing, health care, education and play facilities as well as the need for a sense of cultural and moral iden- tity "and, above all having loving and protective parents and family" The Bishop said that no govern- ment could guarantee these things but that any responsible Govern- ment would try to lead the way. He praised the Hawke govern- ment for its attempts to eradicate child poverty: "The achievements of the Family Assistance Supplement package and the indexation of the child-related payments are among the most significant income security achievements that we have wit- nessed since Federation," he said. Peter Hollingworth with Denise Harrowell and John. Stewart at Limurru Cottage child care centre in 1980. HOUSING COSTS

Unfortunately this had been sig- nificantly undercut by housing to "the interface between economic charge of their lives so they could costs, high rent, and the lack of and social factors." actively participate in the business adequate child care. Peter Holling- Bishop Hollingworth wants Fed- of achieving social justice. Just as worth said that income security was eral and State governments of any importantly the entire community not enough in the current climate. complexion to hold the horror of had to realize that 'their' poverty Poor families were often forced to child poverty in mind as they ad- impoverished 'us'. move to the outer suburbs in order minister the following areas: Income The Archbishop-Elect in one of to avoid city costs. The lack of security and tax systems, the accu- his last public speeches as head of amenities they experienced (which mulation of wealth and its distribu- the Brotherhood ended with a fiery Hollingworth attributed to a tragic tion, the efficient provision of the and hopeful quotation from Martin lack of urban development plan- right kinds of family support serv- Luther King. It spoke of having the ning) isolated these families. ices, coupled with a strong empha- audacity to believe that people could "The research that has been sis upon employment and training have food for their bodies, culture for done," said the Bishop, "clearly indi- programmes that will maximise their minds and freedom for their cates that these families now face work-force participation. spirits. That those who bothered multiple disadvantages and are If that happens there's some about other people would build up probably the worst off of all." They chance, in Peter Hollingworth's what those who didn't had torn are isolated, travel long distances, view, that our kids won't always be down. have little in the way of child care poor. Then he picked up one of the and practically no community sup- Promise the Children cards and port. POVERTY IS 'OURS' asked the people of Australia to post Hence the need for governmental them. "I want to see half a million of commitment (along the lines the He said it was important for dis- them," he said. "One for every child Brotherhood has recently proposed) advantaged people to be given in poverty."

FURNITURE DONATIONS WILL YOU HELP?

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PACO. 5. PRESS CLUB HEARS CALL FOR CHILDREN above human needs. -Economic performance should never be seen as an end in itself." The Bishop said that in his years in welfare he had witnessed a signifi- cant shift in areas of concern. The 1960s had been rightly preoccupied with the poverty of the old but the indexation of the age pension in the wake of the Henderson inquiry had alleviated much of this. In the 1970s and 1980s the major concern be- came the vulnerability of the family and particularly of children. The Hawke Government's guar- antee of a minimum income for chil- dren was "a major achievement," Peter Hollingworth said, but it had to be set against the costs of housing. "Sadly during my years at the Brotherhood of St Laurence we have moved from a time when home buy- ers could afford to borrow three times their income, and expect to buy a house in most parts of Austra- lia, to now, when only one and a half time's income can afford to be bor- rowed and this amount is likely to meet only half the cost of an average house."

ABOVE PARTY POLITICS

Throughout the speech Bishop Hollingworth emphasised that he was putting forward a "political" agenda that was above party poli- tics. He said that children were a collective responsibility and that it was "in no one's interest to main- tain, let alone increase the level of social inequality." According to Hollingworth the young people_ in the community most at risk are "the children of sole parents, the children of the long- Peter Hollingworth emphasises a point at his address to the National Press term unemployed, many Aboriginal Club. children and all homeless children." He emphasised the importance of formulating social welfare in At a National Press Club Lunch Canberra Press club, summarized terms of a political framework and of in February the Executive Director his views on a workable and humane framing policy in terms of human of the Brotherhood, Peter Holling- policy for social justice in this coun- need. Bishop Hollingworth denied worth, called for a non-partisan ap- try as he prepared to leave the the reality of the supposed trickle- proach to the question of child and Brotherhood of St Laurence to take down effect of wealth creation and family poverty. up his new role as Archbishop of quoted the World Council of "Just as we cannot afford the Brisbane. Churches formulation "... the econ- conflict and division of multi-cultu- omy was made for man and not man ralism becoming a partisan political ECONOMICS NOT AN END for the economy". issue so we need multi-partisan There was no reason from the political commitments to programs The Archbishop-Elect called for Brotherhood's point of view why and planning for vulnerable families welfare policies that showed an compassion and efficiency could not and children," he said. awareness of economic reality and be combined. Bishop Hollingworth's speech, government policies that which did which was warmly received by the not put 'economic performance' Continued on page 14. -"AGM IS,