Subject: INFORM 27
JANUARY
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CAMPAIGNS Australians for Affordable Housing Nearly one in ten Australian households are in housing stress. A
startling 460,000 households spend more than half of their income on housing
costs. It’s time to make some noise about housing affordability. Website. Facebook: www.facebook.com/housingstressed
Latest media release: Australia’s housing remains more unaffordable than
UK, USA Stop the loss High loss poker machines are known to be addictive and Australia has
the fastest, highest loss machines in the world, website. Digital Inclusion Initiative Infoxchange Australia's Digital Inclusion Initiative aims to deliver
equal and affordable access to computers and the internet to all Australians.
Universal access to information and communication technology has become a
basic infrastructure requirement in civil and democratic societies. Website. Five in Five Five in Five is a campaign which encourages single people to pledge to
go on five dates in five weeks, raising money for the urban poor in our
community, website. St Vincent de Paul Doorknock in Feb. Street by Street Is a national neighbourhood support program that links people who live
in the same street or nearby, website. EVENTS 2012 Youth-led Constitutional Recognition Forum wants you! We’re looking for 96 young Indigenous Australians, 12 from each state
and territory, to join us at the NCIE in March for the Constitutional
Recognition Forum for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Australians, website. February Safe in Oz Addressing specialist mental health issues
through training workshops and consultancy services, website. Red Roses Musical Seeking sponsors, touring nationally website. After Homosexual: The Legacies of Gay Liberation Melbourne, 2 - 4 February, website. Bat for YouthCARE Prime Minister’s XI breakfast, Canberra, 3
February, website. CEO Cookoff Sydney, 6 February, website. Policy Research Methods Masterclass 2012 Promoting Professional Research,
Consultation and Communication Skills for Policy Officers to Develop Robust
Evidence-Based Policy. Canberra, 7 - 9 February, website. 6th Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference 2012 Housing in an Era of Risk and Crisis,
Adelaide, 8 - 10 February, website. 2012 National Conference on Ending Family and Youth
Homelessness Los Angeles, 9 - 10 February, website. “A Long Way from Home?” Conference The Rural and Regional Resettlement
Experiences of Visible Migrants and Refugees Conference, Melbourne, 10
February, website. Yfoundations Policy Forum Confirmed speakers include the NSW
Ombudsman's office who will discuss the rights and opportunities of
complaints within SHS and Legal Aid who will provide an update on Work and
Development Orders, Sydney, 14 February, website. 3rd Australasian Ethics Network (AEN) Conference Brisbane, 16 - 17 February, website. Pathways through the maze National Hoarding and Squalor Conference,
Sydney, 21 - 22 February, website. Women and Homelessness in Ireland Dublin, 23 February, website. 2nd World Conference of Women’s Shelters Scholarship applications are now open.
Washington DC, 27 February - 1 March, website. CSW 56 NGOs that are accredited to and in good
standing with the United Nations Economic and Social
Council, may designate representatives to attend the annual
sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women. New York, 27 February
to 9 March, website. March Identifying the Hidden Disaster: The First Australian
Conference on Natural Disasters and Family Violence Melbourne, 9 March, website. ACOSS Media Forum Sydney, 28 March, website. ACOSS National Conference Sydney, 29 - 30 March, website. Housing First Partners' Conference 2012 New Orleans, 21 - 23 March, website. April Homelessness Research Conference From the Australian Housing and Urban
Research Institute (AHURI) and RMIT University, Melbourne, 19 - 20 April, website. May The Connecting Up Conference Sydney, 1 - 3 May, website. CLCNSW State Conference 2012 Sydney, 8 - 10 May, website. ACTU Congress Sydney, 15 – 17 May, website. National Rural and Regional Law and Justice
Conference Coffs Harbour, 18 - 20 May, website. Specialist Homelessness Services Conference Leading the Road Home, Perth, 28 - 29 May, website. June Australian Suicide Prevention Conference Cairns, 13 - 15 June, website. July Australasian Conference of Child Trauma Gold Coast, 4 - 6 July, website. Missing People: Issues and Implications Conference Brisbane, 5 - 6 July, website. 12th Australian Institute of Family
Studies Conference Melbourne, 25 – 27 July, website. 3rd National Affordable Housing Exchange Australia Technology Park, Sydney, 26 - 27 July, website. August 8th World Congress on Active Ageing Abstract deadline is 31 Jan. Glasgow,
Scotland, 13 - 17 August, website. September 7th National Homelessness Conference Making It Home: The Real Issues in Homelessness Homelessness Australia’s 7th conference, Melbourne
Convention and Exhibition Centre 5 - 7 September 2012, website. November The National Housing Conference Brisbane, 30 October – 2 November 2012, website. WEEKS & DAYS 2012 Sector related awareness days and weeks see webpage. Youth week is 13 - 22 April Youth Homelessness Matters Day (YHMD)
day is 18 April Monday 6 August – Sunday 12 August SOCIAL MEDIA (Australian
and international) Social Media for Social Good: A
How-To Webinar for Nonprofits Manage and analyse your Twitter community with Social
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NATIONAL NEWS FaHCSIA: Housing bubble trouble: separating facts from fiction In a previous article,
I analysed four of the common arguments used by those who deny there is a
bubble in Australia’s residential property market. The Conversation, 27 January. Mob doesn't speak for us, say Indigenous leaders Mainstream Indigenous leaders have condemned
activists from Canberra's Aboriginal tent embassy who led an angry mob to
besiege Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott in a nearby restaurant yesterday. The Australian, 27 January. Homeless threat for low-paid workers Significant numbers of homeless people are
in paid work and a leading welfare group says low pay and insecure conditions
can often contribute to people remaining or becoming homeless. The Age, 26 January. Indigenous teens happy despite obstacles, landmark
study shows The first study of the happiness levels of
Indigenous teenagers has revealed they are as happy as non-Indigenous
Australian adults despite their higher levels of poverty and disadvantage. The Australian, 26 January. Forget your coins, we want change: begging should not
be a crime The criminal offence of begging should be
abolished. Criminalising begging is tantamount to criminalising poverty. The Conversation, 25 January. Property crash could hurt big four banks Australian banks need to stash away billions
of dollars in case the nation's overblown property market collapses, the
International Monetary Fund has warned. Herald Sun, 25 January. Opinion: Turning point to a greater Australia Associate Professor Charles Teo is an
internationally acclaimed neurosurgeon. This is an edited excerpt of his
Australia Day address delivered in Sydney. The Canberra Times, 24 January. Social inclusion means our services work together to
help vulnerable people Prices drop but houses still up on global list Housing affordability improved in Australia
last year, according to an annual international ranking, but local real
estate still remains some of the least affordable in the world. SMH, 23 January. Jobs project for disabled treads new ground As the momentum for a national disability
insurance scheme slowly builds, one young woman not content to wait is
embarking on a bold venture to give Australians with disabilities a better
chance at employment. ABC News, 23 January. Hidden problem that defies definition When Kaye* sought help for her addiction to
poker machines, she ended up in rehabilitation programs that lumped her with
drug and alcohol addicts. SMH, 22 January. Minister for Housing and Homelessness The Honourable Robert McClelland
MP, media releases Minister for Families, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs and the Minister for Disability Reform The Honourable Jenny Macklin MP,
media releases Minister for Community Services, Minister for
Indigenous Employment and Economic Development and Minister for the Status of
Women The Hon Julie Collins MP, media
releases Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers Senator the Hon Jan McLucas, media
releases ACT Dump ACT charity bins: Vinnies One of Canberra's leading charities has
called for the hundreds of donations bins around the capital to be scrapped,
declaring the concept a thing of the past. The Canberra Times, 26 January. NSW Sydney's homeless offered free gym and fitness classes You might think the first thing that Sydney's homeless might need is a
permanent roof over their heads, but the City of Sydney is offering those
without a home fitness and gym classes to improve health and self-esteem. StreetCorner, 25 January. Locals praise plans to bring back The Block Plans to redevelop the once-notorious Block in inner-Sydney are being
welcomed by the people who live there. ABC, The World Today, 24 January. Trapped in the rental crisis Jane Watts heats her children’s macaroni on the floor of a Berkeley
hotel room, using a portable stove that competes for space with open
suitcases, two mattresses, a borrowed microwave and the other debris of six
lives in disarray. Illawarra Mercury, 24 January. Care Connect (Ongoing) Service to help At Risk of Homelessness in Inner West Sydney. Care Connect’s Community
Options Program (Housing Support) provides short-term to medium-term support
services to people who are at risk of being homeless or being marginally
housed. The Program has vacancies now. Please contact Lisa Clarke, Intake
Case Manager on (02) 9830 8903 or lallen@careconnect.org.au.
NT What’s data got to do with it? Reassessing the NT
intervention Since its introduction in 2007, there has
been much debate over the effectiveness of the Northern Territory Emergency
Response (NTER) in improving the quality of life in remote indigenous
communities. The Conversation, 25 January.
Qld Part-time and casual work on the rise with 190,000
Queenslanders underemployed About 190,000 Queenslanders are classified
as underemployed. This is a rise of 40,000 in five years. Courier Mail, 25 January. SA Mother who lost daughter to pokies begs Julia Gillard
not to give up on gambling reform Tas Sale fund push for battlers Some of the money from the $103 million sale
of TOTE Tasmania should be spent helping the most disadvantaged Tasmanians,
the state's peak community sector group says. The Mercury, 25 January. Plea to plan for rise in elderly The State Government needs to start planning
for the explosion in the number of older Tasmanians, the Council on the
Ageing Tasmania says. The Mercury, 25 January. Vic State to close 24-hour mental health helpline The state government is shutting down
Victoria's only 24-hour mental health helpline, provoking outrage from mental
health providers. The Age, 27 January. Rental rejection hits Wyndham families on welfare Scores of single parents on welfare are
being shut out of private rental homes in Wyndham despite the area's
above-average vacancy rate. Wyndham Weekly, 25 January. Market fails to supply adequate rental accommodation
for central Victorian students “The demand for rental properties is
climbing to surprising levels, and it’s going to be very tough for students
returning this year.” Bendigo Advertiser, 24 January. Black Saturday caused increase in domestic violence,
research finds Domestic violence escalated in bushfire-ravaged
communities, including Marysville and Kinglake, after Black Saturday,
according to a new report. The Age, 24 January. INTERNATIONAL NEWS Europe Refugees: How Europe failed European promises of solidarity with people
in need were tested in 2011. It is worrying to note that Europe,
collectively, did not pass the test. Now, all member states of the European
Union must take responsibility and make sure that 2012 will be a better year
for asylum matters. Times of Malta, 19 January. NZ Housing affordability solutions flawed – critics UK On the brink of homelessness in Brighton Homeless people die 30 years before national average,
Crisis, 21 December. USA Homeless Female Vets Double In Population, Seek
Employment Help The fact that many homeless female veterans
are middle-aged, divorced, unemployed and single mothers is more than just
research on paper for Jennifer John. It's the reality the 42-year-old
homeless veteran has struggled with for six years. Huffington Post, 26 January. Legal Aid: If the Cuts Proceed We Will See a Boom in
Crime and the Filling Up of Prisons It is women, children, the elderly and the
homeless that are going to get hit the worst. Huffington Post, 24 January. A Permanent Home That Allows Drinking Helps Homeless
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RESOURCES International Housing Affordability Survey 4436.0 - Caring in the Community,
Australia, 2009 2012-13 Budget Priority Statement,
Dec. Consolidation of Commonwealth
Discrimination law - domestic and family violence The role of ‘assertive outreach’ in addressing
primary homelessness Results of the Clearinghouse
Consolidation Survey. Child protection Australia 2010–11 Tell us
what you think about Australia's welfare 2011—complete our two-minute survey! ASRC Position Paper on Homelessness of
Asylum Seekers Living in the Community Destitute and Uncertain: the
reality of seeking asylum in Australia Centre for Multicultural Youth CMY’s Sector Development and
Policy team has produced a series of five Good Practice Guides. Department for Child Protection (WA) Opening Doors to address
homelessness, Western Australian State Plan Department of Human Services (Vic) Information for and about women in Victoria, website. FaHCSIA has launched ReadSpeaker on its website to assist users who
have reading difficulties, a vision impairment, or just wish to download an
audio copy of the page to listen on a portable audio device, website. Current Funding: European Journal of Homelessness: Volume 5.2, December 2011 A New Ten Year Plan for Mental
Health PDF printable version of A New Ten Year Plan for Mental Health (PDF
17 KB) The Australian Government is seeking public opinion on the draft Ten Year Roadmap for National Mental Health Reform (PDF
2156 KB) (the Roadmap) via an online survey. Kinetic Information Systems The fourth White Paper for the community housing sector, website. National Coalition for the Homeless (USA) Hate Crimes against the Homeless National Housing Supply Council The National Housing Supply Council's 3rd State of Supply Report was
released in December 2011
Salvation Army & Swinburne Institute No Home at the End of the
Road? A survey of single women over 40 years of age who do not believe they will own their
housing outright at retirement. Shelter NSW Mixed communities
The
Centre for Independent Studies The Homeless Hub (Can) Homelessness curriculum for teachers and students The Treasury (AUS) Consultation Paper - A Definition
of Charity United Nations Promotion and protection of human
rights: human rights questions, including
alternative approaches for improving the effective
enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms Progress of the World’s Women,
factsheet Urban Institute (USA) Vulnerability, Risk, and the
Transition to Adulthood University of Calgary Housing Subsidies and
Homelessness: a simple idea Sharing the evidence: Preventing
violence against women Victorian Homelessness Action Plan
2011-2015 AUDIO Law Report Life Matters -Controversial new code on
workplace bullying, 25 January -A sprinkle of hope, 24 January VIDEO/FILM Aboriginal Poverty in Canada, You
Tube Child poverty: why social
franchising is a giant step in the right direction, You Tube “How to Stop Homelessness: An Instructional Video.” FUNDING New funding round for Indigenous GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS Australian Scholarships Foundation Family and Relationships Services Australia Family Dispute Resolution
Scholarships Queensland Alliance for Mental Health Resilient Places Project:
Micro-grants, round 1. THANKS to... The journalists and media who write and report on the homelessness,
housing and support sector. The National Tenant Support Network (National TSN) is an independent, unincorporated
not-for-profit initiative delivering a range of services to social and
affordable rental housing stakeholders throughout Australia and New Zealand. Email to subscribe: TSN@thenexus.org.au
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