THE OASIS: Homeless Short Film Competition, a national competition with $25,000 prize money for secondary schools students to raise awareness about homelessness in our community, was launched today by the Competition’s Patron Cate Blanchett.
The incidence of youth homelessness has doubled in Australia over the last 20 years with 32,000 young people under 25 defined as homeless (including children under 12, this number increases to around 44,500 source: ABS census 2006).
