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AWARDS National Homelessness Services
Achievement Awards Australians are encouraged
to nominate outstanding organisations committed to addressing homelessness in
the first-ever National Homelessness Services Achievement Awards. Nominations
are in seven categories, which celebrate excellence, quality, innovation and
achievement by homelessness service providers. Nominations
for the Awards close on Friday 16 December. Nominations here. CAMPAIGN Australians for Affordable Housing Nearly one in ten
Australia 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
Every Australian Counts Australians with a disability,
their families and carers deserve a fair go. It's time to make every Australian count. Website. Food for Families This year marks the 20th Anniversary of Wesley
Mission Victoria's Food for Families Appeal. Wesley aims to feed 20,000
families in crisis this Christmas. Website. MEMBERSHIP Past issues of HA News here.
Receive current issues if you become a HA Member... HA Membership time! Renew or join us... Homelessness Australia invites you
to read our brochure and think about becoming a member. POSITIONS VACANT ACTCOSS: Policy and Development Officer Applications in by 5pm, 7 December
2011. Housing & Homelessness
Services jobs in Australia CREATE Foundation Part-time GPs required (ongoing) Mobile GP is a
non-government agency providing health services to the homeless and
marginalised. For further information, please call Stephanie Dunstan on 0457
925 357 or email steph.dunstan@mobilegp.org.au
EVENTS DECEMBER StreetSmart DineSmart 2011 runs from 14th November – 24th
December ACT Shelter Reviews the Year Travis Gilbert from Homelessness Australia will talk
about 2011 and the homelessness sector. Canberra, 5 December, website. Safe at Home, Safe at Work: Conference and
Workshop Domestic Violence Workplace Rights and Entitlements
Project, Melbourne, 5 - 6 December, website. Working with People who have Hoarding Behaviours Workshop from Disability and Aged Care Education and
Training, Melbourne, 5 December, see attached and website. 2011 Social Impact National Conference Indigenous Business and Entrepreneurship: New
Models; Stronger Communities, WA, 6 December, website. Housing & Affordable Living Forum From WACOSS and Shelter WA, Perth, 12 December, website. Housing Affordability Congress The Housing Affordability Congress provides a
holistic analysis of issues encompassing housing affordability in the housing
industry today. Melbourne, 14 - 15 December, website. 2012 EVENTS After Homosexual: The Legacies of Gay Liberation Melbourne, 2 - 4 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. What's the rent? Seminar from Shelter NSW and Tenants Union of NSW,
Sydney, 15 February, website. Pathways through the maze National Hoarding and Squalor Conference, Sydney, 21
- 22 February, website. Kids Central Training From Institute of Child Protection Studies and Australian Catholic University, Sydney, 22 - 23 February, see attached or website. 2nd World Conference of Women’s
Shelters Scholarship applications are now open. Washington
DC, 27 February - 1 March, website. Shelter NSW Lecture Series: How do housing and economics
intersect? What are the key economic issues shaping our housing? Mondays, 5, 12, 19 and 26 March
2012, from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm, Sydney, website. 2012 Co-op Conference Common Equity Housing, Melbourne, 8 March, website. ADFVC, WHIN & Women’s Health Identifying the Hidden Disaster: The First Australian Conference on Natural Disasters and Family Violence, Melbourne, 9 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. Pathways to Housing & DESC Present the
First: Housing First Partners' Conference 2012 New Orleans, 21 - 23 March, website. The Indigenous Forces at Work Conference 2012 Alice Springs, 21 - 23 March, website. ACOSS Media Forum Sydney, 28 March, website. ACOSS National Conference Sydney, 29 - 30 March, website. Homelessness Research Conference From the Australian Housing and Urban Research
Institute (AHURI) and RMIT University, Melbourne, 19 - 20 April, website. CLCNSW State Conference 2012 Sydney, 8 - 10 May, website. The Homelessness NSW 2012 Conference 14 - 15 May, Newcastle, website. National Rural and Regional Law and Justice
Conference Coffs Harbour, 18 - 20 May, website. Australian Institute of Family Studies
Conference Melbourne, 25 – 27 July, website. 3rd National Affordable Housing
Exchange Australia Technology Park, Sydney, 26 - 27 July, website. Violence Studies Conference 2012 The Humanities Research Institute and
the Centre for the History of Violence at
the University of Newcastle, Australia, is holding its inaugural Violence
Studies conference in Newcastle, 21 - 23 August, website. 7th National Homelessness
Conference Making It Home: The Real Issues in
Homelessness Melbourne Convention and
Exhibition Centre 5 - 7 September 2012, website. The National Housing Conference Brisbane, 30 October – 2
November 2012, website. WEEKS & DAYS 2012 2012 is the International Year of
Co-operatives Australia produced a collectible coin to celebrate
the launch of the year! Homeless Persons Week 2012 Monday 6 August – Sunday 12 August Youth week is 13 - 22 April and Youth
Homelessness Matters Day (YHMD) day is 18 April Social Inclusion Week 2012: 24 November – 2
December 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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NATIONAL From Homelessness Australia,
examples of how people can enter homelessness: In 33 Days: Mother and Daughter Nurse breaks silence on life inside
detention system A mental health nurse has
broken her silence about working inside Australia's immigration detention
system. ABC News, 2 December. Job opportunities lacking for
disabled A report looking at
employment opportunities for disabled Australians has painted a far-from-positive
picture compared to other developed countries. School, body image main worries for
young: survey Mission Australia's 10th
National Survey of Young Australians surveyed almost 46,000 young people aged
11 to 24 (98 per cent aged 11 to 19). SMH, 30 November.
Mission Australia’s survey.
You’re probably wrong. Our cities among the most liveable The 2011 Quality of Living
survey by Mercer has found Australia's cities ranked in the top 40 of the
world's most liveable. Adelaide Now, 30 November. MYEFO hits some targets and misses
others: ACOSS The
Australian Council of Social Service says that the Federal
Government has hit some good targets, such as targeting the wasteful Living
Away from Home Allowance and deferring the 50% interest discount on bank
deposits, but badly misjudged others, especially cuts to the Baby Bonus,
which will hit low income families hardest, and the rolling back of the
co-contribution superannuation arrangements for lower income earners, in
today's Mid-Year Economic and Financial Outlook (MYEFO). Commissioner says age crisis
preventable Speaking at the Australian
Industry Group Personnel and Industrial Relations Conference, Age
Discrimination Commissioner, Susan Ryan said that older people will continue
to be pushed out of work at the expense of business productivity unless we
start to reassess the way we think about the ideal employee. AHRC, 29 November. Stronger human rights laws will
ensure more scrutiny of law-making The Australian Human
Rights Commission welcomes the passage last week of laws that will strengthen
Australia’s commitment to human rights. AHCR, 28 November. Mental health counselling cuts hit
hard Jacqui Love is not looking
forward to Christmas. She is worried about the financial and emotional
strain, and going without the counselling she needs to cope. SMH, 28 November. Hunger makes a poor incentive It's been a tough year for
the captains of industry. The galloping salary increases of pre-GFC days have
slowed to a canter, The Australian Financial Review reported. But it's hard
to feel sorry for, say, Westfield's Frank Lowy on a package of $16 million. SMH, 26 November. Warning of plunge in house prices Australian house prices
could plunge by as much as 25 per cent if the European meltdown causes a
global credit crunch, The Economist magazine predicts. The Age, 26 November.
Family violence reforms passed by
Parliament Attorney-General for Australia, 24
November. Beyond the boom: the new economic
challenge Senator the Hon Mark Arbib The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP The Hon Kate Ellis MP ACT Online depression treatment helpful A Canberra study has found
online programs can help reduce the symptoms of depression and anxiety. ABC News, 2 December. Union calls for Canberra hostels The construction union is
calling for hostels to be re-established in Canberra, amid fears a lack of
accommodation is making it hard to attract interstate workers. ABC News, 2 December. ACT to sign border deal The ACT will gain a
greater say in developments in the surrounding region under a major
cross-border agreement with NSW to be signed today. The Canberra Times, 2 December. NSW Groups combine to help homeless The Public Interest
Advocacy Centre and Legal Aid New South Wales have combined to address the
legal issues faced by the homeless in the New South Wales south east. ABC South East NSW, 30 November. $5m accommodation plan for
Muswellbrook TAFE students An estimated $5million
project to help Muswellbrook TAFE students beat historically high rents in
the Upper Hunter town will be submitted for federal infrastructure funds this
week. Newcastle Herald, 30 November. Complex about to take first tenants The majority of units in
$30 million public housing development will be allocated to people from the
Port Macquarie area. Port Macquarie News, 30 November. Under pressure Rising housing costs mean
that almost one-in-five Bathurst households is now struggling to make ends
meet. Campaign manager of Australians for Affordable Housing,
Sarah Toohey said the problem was worse for low income families ($600 a week
or less in Bathurst) where high housing costs meant there was not much left
over for “basics like food, clothing and transport, and also those irregular
costs like birthdays and Christmas”. Western Advocate, 28 November. Federal Government to set aside
almost $1b for struggling NSW parents whose children stay in school until
year 12 Teen mothers told take your HSC, go
to TAFE or lose your welfare payment Welcome to Fairfield: The welfare
capital where one in five live on benefits 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 Darwin's Aboriginal housing woeful:
report The Danila Dilba Health
Service report found many homes are overcrowded, dilapidated and 14 per cent
of houses in the city's Aboriginal communities have no showers or toilets. ABC News, 30 November. Qld Indigenous doctors 'critical' to
closing health gap The head of medicine at
Queensland's James Cook University says more Indigenous students need to sign
up to medical courses to help improve health standards in remote communities.
ABC News, 30 November. Development of a National
Regulatory Framework Establishing a national
regulatory system for housing providers is a whole-of-government reform
commitment under the National Affordable Housing Agreement (2009–14). Communities Queensland, November. SA Bonig: Tenant and landlord rights If you are involved in
renting residential property, whether you are a landlord or a tenant, you
will need to know your rights and obligations. Adelaide Now, 28 November. Tas Hobart Womens’ Shelter The Hobart Women’s
Shelter’s new website will help women experiencing domestic violence or
homelessness find the support they need, the Minister for Human Services, Cassy O’Connor.
Hobart Women’s Shelter website. Harsh realities for homeless Nearly half the homeless
people surveyed in Hobart this week were at high risk of death, and those
interviewed had spent an average seven years living on the streets. The Mercury, 1 December. Needy on the home straight Volunteers who walked the
streets and parks of Hobart this week searching for the city's chronically
homeless encountered some sceptical subjects. The Mercury, 1 December. Move to house vulnerable Under the 50 Lives for 50
Homes project some of those worst off will be matched with an apartment and
support run by Common Ground Tasmania, which is building affordable
inner-Hobart housing. The Mercury, 28 November. Vic Regional Victoria needs a plan for
a smart future Next year’s State Budget
will be a battleground for families in regional Victoria, as the State
Government looks to slash spending on services, warns a report from the
Victorian Council of Social Service. VCOSS media release.
VCOSS report Stronger People,
Stronger State. Planning should be about creating communities,
not just buildings Good urban and regional
planning depends on it being a system – a series of connected and
inter-related components that together achieve things. SMH, 30 November. Great Australian dream still alive For some time, the great
Australian dream has been out of reach for many, with house prices soaring to
unaffordable levels in many property markets. Bendigo Advertiser, 29 November. WA Department overhaul after lonely
death independent audit has found AN elderly man's body was
left unnoticed for two years because public housing staff did not inspect his
unit when they said they had visited three times, an inquiry has found. Perth Now, 30 November. INTERNATIONAL Europe Hungary outlaws homeless in move
condemned by charities A
new legal regulation has come into force in Hungary making homelessness
punishable by a fine of around $600 (Ł384) or prison. BBC News, 1 December. Social
survey: doubt on end of crisis continues, but trust in EU's ability to make
positive impact remains European Commission, 29 November. UK Council teams up with landlord to
improve services to vulnerable tenants A partnership agreement
between a council and a social landlord will unlock Ł250,000 a year for
disabled facility grants for tenants in Kent. 24 Dash, 30 November. USA Study: Half of Iraq war veterans
homeless Jacksonville veteran gets help;
Sulzbacher Center serving more vets See poverty rates, trends for every
California school district Poverty is one of the most
reliable predictors of student success -- poor children tend to perform worse
academically than students who aren't poor. Almost 1.4 million California
schoolchildren lived below the poverty line last year, up 32 percent from 2007,
new census figures show. The Sacramento Bee, 30 November. Lines Grow Long for Free School
Meals, Thanks to Economy Millions of American
schoolchildren are receiving free or low-cost meals for the first time as
their parents, many once solidly middle class, have lost jobs or homes during
the economic crisis, qualifying their families for the decades-old safety-net
program. NY Times, 29 November. Recession Leaves Young Adults Most
Financially Vulnerable: Study While the Great Recession
has affected nearly all Americans in some form, it's young adults who have suffered
some of the worst economic losses since the start of
the downturn. Huffington Post, 29 November. Los Angeles Mission Cuts Jobs To
Feed Homeless With unemployment rates
reaching record lows in over 50 years, the Los Angeles Mission has seen
increased number of monthly constituents from 600 to 1000. Neon Tommy, 29 November. Here's The Heartbreaking 60 Minutes
Interview That Will Have You In Tears Austin and Arielle Metzger
have lived out of this yellow truck for months with their father, Tim. Business Insider, 28 November. City Council Plans Suit Over
Homeless Policy Christine C. Quinn,
the speaker of the City Council,
announced plans Monday to sue the administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloombergover
a new policy that imposes stricter requirements on homeless people seeking
shelter. NY Times, 28 November. Thousands of Massachusetts homeless
families still hotel-based not HomeBASEd The lobby is swarmed at
certain hours with mothers and their children, one of several de facto
homeless shelters in desperate times for families – and the state. Mass Live, 27 November. Homeless veteran rate higher in
Austin A new federal report shows
that the rate of homeless residents who are veterans is higher in Austin than
other large Texas metropolitan areas. ABC Local, 26 November. More homeless kids now living in
cars It's shocking to think
that in this land of plenty, 17 million American children are living in
poverty. That's nearly one in four. CBS News, 25 November. There Is More to Ending Homelessness Than Simply
Building Affordable Housing Homeless advocates have long argued that the answer
to ending homelessness is straightforward, build more affordable housing. I
too subscribed to this dogma before moving to Pittsburgh, where the last
thing any neighborhood needs is more housing development. Huffington Post, 23 November. What if They Declared an Emergency and No One
Came? The Canadian Red Cross will provide support to the
Attawapiskat reserve, where a state of emergency has been declared due to
poor living conditions. Huffington Post, 21 November. |
PUBLICATIONS &
RESEARCH ‘Shining The Light: 10 keys to
becoming a trans positive organisation’, Gooch B 2011,
Galop, London 4441.0 Voluntary Work, Australia,
2010 8731.0 - Building Approvals,
Australia, October 2011 4530.0 - Crime Victimisation,
Australia, 2009–10 3415.0 - Migrant Data Matrices,
Nov 2011 1367.0 - State and Territory
Statistical Indicators, 2011 4533.0 - Directory of Family and
Domestic Violence Statistics, 2011 The Gender Audit Survey
takes around 8 minutes to complete and seeks information about diversity
within your workforce, within your senior management roles, and within your
Board. We ask you to complete the survey and to circulate among your
community sector networks. The deadline for responses is 12 December 2011 and
results to be released on International Women’s Day on March 8, 2012. Survey. Over 50? Send us your stories.
Latest news. Therapeutic residential care in
Australia: Taking stock and looking forward Responding to women’s experiences
of sexual assault in institutional and care settings Promoting positive education and
care transitions for children Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Health Performance Framework 2010 report: New South Wales Australia's welfare 2011 in brief Plan to End Youth Homelessness Child: Care, health and development (INT) Centre for Multicultural Youth The Impact of Visa Restrictions
and Entitlements for Young People who Come to Live in
Victoria Help for people experiencing
domestic and family violence brochure National Social Housing Survey
with Community Housing Report Article: A new way home Refugee young
people and homelessness in Australia Health Care for the Homeless Inc. (USA) How is housing affordability
affecting your state? Joseph Rowntree Foundation
(UK) Monitoring poverty and social
exclusion 2011 Child poverty in large families Melbourne Street to Home Melbourne’s second registry week
reveals progress On Her Way: Primary prevention of violence against
immigrant and refugee women in Australia 2011 Aged Care Reform Information
Sheets National Alliance to End
Homelessness (USA) The Heterogeneity of Homeless
Youth in America: Examining Typologies National Regulatory System for
Community Housing Providers Have your say... Your feedback will help us design a better National
Regulatory System for community housing. The Criminalization of
Homelessness in U.S. Cities Ombudsman NSW Addressing Aboriginal
disadvantage: the need to do things differently Domestic violence in Australia—an
overview of the issues Inquiry into Cybersafety for
Senior Australians Early Childhood Development
Workforce 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. People living with psychotic
illness Health Inequalities and Social
Determinants of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health The Treasury (AUS) Consultation Paper - A Definition
of Charity Progress of the World’s Women,
factsheet Sharing the evidence: Preventing
violence against women Victorian Homelessness Action Plan
2011-2015 Realising the economic potential
of senior Australians. Enabling Opportunity BOOKS The Night Cleaner The idea was simple: pack
a suitcase, go to another city where you have no connections and try to find
a job, anonymously. That was the idea that took Florence Aubenas - one of
France's most accomplished undercover
journalists - on a journey into the worst recession since the Great
Depression. Wiley website. Doing youth work in Australia is a three-volume
resource designed specifically for Australian youth workers and students of
youth work courses. The New Volunteer Coordinator: The First 90 Days
21 Big Picture Tips to Rock Your Volunteer
Program FUNDING The IMB Community Foundation Applications for funding in 2012
are now open and close 3 February. New funding round for Indigenous Broadcasting
Program now open GRANTS Supported Accommodation Innovation Fund (SAIF) Supported accommodation for people with disability.
$60 million has been committed over three years to build up to 150 new
supported accommodation places for people with disability. Apply from 5/09/2011
to 20/01/2012. Contact, email saif@fahcsia.gov.au
or visit the SAIF website - http://www.saif.govspace.gov.au COMPETITION 2011/12 Black Dog Institute
Writing Competition Competition closes 23 January, 2012. LISTEN Cyber-safe seniors Fears about security and privacy stop many senior
Australians from using the internet, according to a new inquiry into
cyber-safety. Life Matters, 29 November. Regrets of the Dying Bronnie Ware speaks about her experiences in her
book The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. Life Matters, 29 November. Workplace resilience One in four Australian workers claims to be under
stress. Life Matters, 28 November. Joe Cross: Fat, sick and nearly dead He was professionally successful but physically
bankrupt. Life Matters, 28 November. Performance pay for teachers Stephen Dinham discusses how the new national
teaching standards could be used to measure and develop good teaching. Life Matters, 28 November. VIDEO/FILM Hutt Street Centre TV Commercial
2011 Homeless LGBT Youth: A Day In Our
Shoes Homeless children forced to live
in cars SCHOLARSHIPS Australian Scholarships Foundation SOCIAL MEDIA How to Activate Volunteers Using
Social Media How social media empowers the
homeless BLOGS Homeless 101.7: Internet, Hot
Food, Freedom - Three Things a Homeless Person Can't Have - Aside From a Home Hoarding and Homelessness (USA) VCOSS Voice (AUS) YFoundations (Youth
homelessness AUS) The homelessness-advocate Daily
(INT) The Indigenous and Remote Daily
(AUS) An International Effort to End
Homelessness National Alliance to End
Homelessness EMAIL 5 Email Invitation Tips that Get
Attendees to Your Events LINKED IN TWITTER Twitter in Plain English From http://commoncraft.com a quick and plain English intro the
micro-blogging service Twitter on You Tube. WEBSITES Settle Petal (AUS) Families in Transition (USA) The average age of a
homeless child in the United States is seven years old Community
Housing in South Australia The
Peak Industry Body which represents Housing Organisations (Providers) in
South Australia. The
Foyer Federation (UK) The Foyer Federation's
mission is to turn young people's experiences of disadvantage into solutions
that support their transition to adult independence. |
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