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The Big Conversation

The Big Conversation is an annual event that shines the spotlight on Australia’s 46,000 homeless women. Foreign Minister Bob Carr delivered the keynote address at our inaugural event in Sydney in ...

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23 October 2012 Category: The Big Conversation

Street Football Festival

Get your football boots ready - The Big Issue Street Football Festival has returned. The third annual event is held on a purpose-built floating pitch in the heart of Darling ...

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18 January 2013 Category: Street Soccer

Barefoot Bowls

Join us on the green for an afternoon of bowls and entertainment at the Fitzroy Bowling Club on Sunday, March 17, to help raise money for The Big Issue in ...

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17 March 2013 Category: Barefoot Bowls

The Big Lunch

Join us for an afternoon of fine food at The Big Lunch in Adelaide on Sunday, July 14, and help raise money for The Big Issue. Returning for a third year, ...

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14 July 2013 Category: The Big Lunch

Big Art

The Big Issue’s annual art auction, Big Art, will return this year to raise funds for homeless and disadvantaged vendors in Brisbane. Original artworks and special items donated by artists and ...

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31 October 2013 Category: Big Art

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Craig

"I lived in Traralgon, Victoria, for 18 years, went to Darwin for six, been back... Find out more

David

"I grew up around Adelaide. My parents separated when I was one or two, and I li... Find out more

Peter

"I grew up in Kalgoorlie with my sister, but my childhood was not a normal one. ... Find out more

Pam

"I was born in Sri Lanka but I grew up in Canberra. Mum and Dad just wanted a ch... Find out more

Bill

From Ed#348, February 2010 As one of The Big Issue’s longest-serving v... Find out more

Janine

"I’m a happy-go-lucky person. Happy to be settled and happy to have a job.... Find out more

Stephen

"I grew up in Queensland. My mum and dad divorced when I was young and they move... Find out more

Kerry-Anne

"I’d lived here in Adelaide all my life, till I went to Melbourne in 2009 ... Find out more

Peter

"I started with The Big Issue just over a year ago. My mate Dougie and his wife ... Find out more

Eileen

Eileen is no different from many other 31-year-old women: she loves shopping for clot... Find out more

James

"With the Christmas issue (Ed#421), I celebrated my 300th Big Issue edition as a... Find out more

Arthur

"I’ve been blind since the age of 16 – I knew it would happen, as it... Find out more

Johnnie

Readers might recognise Melbourne vendor Johnnie from The Big Issue’s 2010 nati... Find out more

Gary

"When the doctors told my mum her baby probably wouldn’t walk or talk, she... Find out more

Cindy

"I was born in Tassie, but my parents split up and Mum raised me and my two brot... Find out more

Christine

It’s been more than five years since I was introduced to the The Big Issue by a... Find out more

Steve

I am from down south at Bunbury originally, but after Mum and Dad separated I went wi... Find out more

Kelvin

I was born in Geelong, Victoria, and spent most of my life there. I was born prematur... Find out more

Ernie

Since I had the car accident, I don’t remember having other jobs or much about ... Find out more

Jason

Jason sells The Big Issue on the corner of Collins and Spencer Streets, Melbourne. ... Find out more

Michael

When Michael was 21 he fled the angry shouts of his parents’ crumbling marriage... Find out more

Kayleen

I was born in Brisbane Hospital and had a happy childhood in northern Queensland, but... Find out more

Celeste

"It’s funny, when I was school I was a very high achiever: A+, did musical... Find out more

Laurence

Laurence sells The Big Issue at the Canberra Times Fountain, Civic, and in Dickson. ... Find out more

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