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Australians made 9.1 million searches for help through Ask Izzy in 2025–26, the highest number recorded by the service. 

Read how we worked with communities, researchers, government and corporate partners to continuously improve Ask Izzy. 

The portal has been designed to assist people at risk of or experiencing homelessness to connecting with accommodation support services across Western Australia, simplifying a system that is complex and fragmented. 

The Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation is launching GIVE Melbourne, a month-long fundraising campaign, to raise funds for critical community needs such as Ask Izzy.

The DCN kicked off with more than 45 organisations across the country participating, all working towards breaking cycles of disadvantage through the effective use of data. 

The number of Australians looking for food in February grew significantly, with 81,550 searches for food recorded by not-for-profit Infoxchange across the country.

- Third-highest monthly number of searches on record

- Over 123,000 Hardship searches

- 22,000 searches for food

The Infoxchange Service Directory is an excellent resource for university students and tertiary education professionals such as social work and financial counselling lecturers.

oOh!media and Infoxchange have today announced a community partnership to help drive awareness of Ask Izzy - a mobile website that supports vulnerable members of the community.

Infoxchange welcomes the Australian Government’s announcement of an additional $4.5 million in funding for Ask Izzy over the next five years.

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