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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
open today in seven categories, which celebrate excellence, quality, innovation
and achievement by homelessness service providers. Nominations
for the Awards close on Friday 25 November, Sen the Hon Mark Arbib.
Nominations here. Equator Prize 2012 The Equator Initiative is
pleased to announce the call for nominations for the Equator Prize 2012, which
will recognize 25 outstanding local initiatives that are working to advance
sustainable development solutions for people, nature and resilient
communities. Nominations close 31 October 2011. Video on You Tube. Prize website. 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. Tell the Government: Don’t Abandon
Homelands The government needs to
hear from you and the thousands of Australians who don’t want to see another
mistake on Aboriginal policy. Amnesty International Australia. Every Australian Counts Australians with a disability,
their families and carers deserve a fair go. It's time to make every Australian count. Website. Unite to End Violence Against Women vote on Tshirt designs till 21
October. Walk for Youth Homelessness Phil and Anne Standen will be walking from 12
September to 13 October, along the Camino de Santiago, a pilgrimage walk in Spain,
and will raise funds along the way for Queensland Youth Housing Coalition. Walk and QYHC website. A campaign supported by people who believe that
building more prisons and sending more people to prison is not the best way
to improve community safety. Virgin Unite also has a national petition running on
their website and we are encouraging as many people as possible to join. 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 Executive Officer Shelter WA Search Committee is now accepting
applications for the position of EO. Applications close 10 October, Shelter WA. EO position description. 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.
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 Site UnSeen Site UnSeen will be the voicing of the unvoiced, the
sight of the unseen, an event-packed exploration of everyday social exclusion
with a special focus on homelessness. 6
- 22 October, Theatre Works St Kilda. Event website. Jobs Australia National Conference 2011 Brisbane, 12 - 14 October, conference website. Heart of Melbourne Ball by Lord Mayor's
Charitable Foundation This spectacular event raises money for people
experiencing homelessness throughout Victoria. Melbourne, 15 October. Event website. First Annual Convention of the European Platform
against Poverty and Social Exclusion The Convention, to be organised on 17 -18 October in Cracow, will review the
progress made towards the headline target of reducing poverty and social exclusion by at least 20 million by
2020 and the implementation of the European Platform against Poverty.
It will also debate suggestions for future actions. Convention website. The National Drug Trends Conference National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney,
8.45am - 5.00pm Monday 17 October. Conference website. Making a Difference Conference 2011: Breaking through the Barriers Industry
experts from Australia and abroad will share information and ideas on meeting
changing client needs and workforce development; supported by speakers who
have themselves broken through the barriers either in their professional or personal life and at
times in both. Brisbane, 19 – 20
October. Conference website. Home ownership, risk and the wealth-fare state From Brotherhood of St
Laurence, Melbourne, 20 October, event website. European Conference, Luxembourg
City This year's annual conference
focuses on Quality in social services from the perspective of services
working with homeless people 21 October 2011. Anti-Poverty Week Event Human Rights and Poverty, from St Vincent de Paul,
Melbourne, 21 October, event website. Youth Homelessness: Our Forgotten Future Join Aussie celebrities, entertainers, specialists
in the homeless plight and other like-minded guests for a day blending
serious issues with loads of entertainment. Sydney, 23 October, event website. PR Directions 2011 An initiative of the Public Relations Institute of
Australia (PRIA), PR Directions is the largest and most comprehensive event
for public relations and corporate communication professionals in the
region. Sydney, 23 - 25 October, conference website. 9th Asia / Oceania Congress of Geriatrics and
Gerontology “Ageing well together: Regional perspectives”, Melbourne, 23 - 27 October. Conference
website. AHURI: Beyond the Current NAHA What is next for Australian Housing Policy This conference is timed to make a contribution to
the review and reform process associated with developing a new NAHA and it
will bring together 300 senior stakeholders, Melbourne, 27 - 28 October, event website. NOVEMBER Youth Health 2011: Its totally important! Sydney , 9 - 11 November. Congress website. Canberra Rape Crisis Centre The Canberra Rape Crisis Centre will be holding a
Gala Fundraising Lunch in Canberra, 10 November. Event webpage. Ride for Home Melbourne’s most unique and exciting cycling event,
and help support Hanover to Break the Cycle of Homelessness. Melbourne, 13 November. Event website. Growing Up in Australia and Footprints in Time The LSAC and LSIC Research Conference: Findings from
The Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) and The Longitudinal
Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC).
Melbourne, 15 - 16 November, conference website. LSAC and LSIC Research Conference Growing Up in Australia and Footprints in time: The
combined Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) and Longitudinal
Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) Research Conference will be held at
Rydges on Swanston, Melbourne, 15 - 16 November. Conference website. International Housing Summit, Holland The Summit is the only global forum for the
affordable housing sector. Rotterdam, 1 - 2 November. Summit website. Date
claimer: QYHC Access Forum Exploring access issues in the specialist
homelessness service system, If
people are interested they can call Queensland Youth Housing Coalition on 07
3876 2088 or email admin@qyhc.org.au, or see their Facebook. YFoundations: End Youth Homelessness 2011 YFoundations conference vision for the conference is
"think global, act local". It will provide a key opportunity for
Specialist Youth Homelessness Services, Mainstream Services, Government
Officials, Advocates and Young People to develop networks and contacts
throughout and beyond the sector.
Sydney, 22 - 24 November. Conference website. Welfare in a growing economy The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare is proud
to launch their flagship report Australia's welfare 2011 at a national
conference in Canberra, 24 November. Conference website. DECEMBER Safe at Home, Safe at Work: Conference and
Workshop Domestic Violence Workplace Rights and Entitlements
Project, Melbourne, 5 - 6 December. Event 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. Conference. WEEKS & DAYS Sunday 9 - Saturday 15 October Anti-Poverty Week This week was established in Australia as an
expansion of the UN's annual International Anti-Poverty Day on October 17. The main aims of Anti-Poverty Week are to: *
strengthen public understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty and
hardship around the world and in Australia; *
encourage research, discussion and action to address these problems,
including action by individuals, communities, organisations and governments. Click here for website. Global Launch of the International Year of
Cooperatives (IYC) 31 October, United Nations Headquarters, New York Social Inclusion Week 19 - 27 November International Day for the
Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November White Ribbon,
(AUS) 25 November 2012 Youth week is 13-22 April and Youth Homelessness
Matters Day (YHMD) day is 18 April
6th Australasian Housing Researchers' Conference
2012 Housing in an Era of Risk and Crisis, Adelaide,
February 8 - 10 2012. Conference website. After Homosexual: The Legacies of Gay Liberation Melbourne, 2 - 4 February, website. Pathways to Housing & DESC Present the
First: Housing First Partners' Conference 2012 New Orleans, 21 - 23 March, conference website. CLCNSW State Conference 2012 Sydney, 8 - 10 May. Conference website. Australian Institute of Family Studies
Conference Melbourne, 25 – 27 July, conference website. 3rd National Affordable Housing Exchange Australia Technology Park, Sydney, 26 - 27 July, conference website. Homeless Persons Week 2012 Monday 6 August – Sunday 12 August 7th National Homelessness
Conference Making It Home: The Real Issues in
Homelessness Melbourne Convention and
Exhibition Centre 5 - 7 September 2012. A
website is currently being developed and details when available. The National Housing Conference Brisbane, 30 October – 2
November 2012, conference website. |
NATIONAL National Rental Affordability
Section - Round 4 outcomes Warning that tax rates will have to
rise to cope with welfare crisis A key member of the Henry
tax review has warned Australia is facing a welfare and family payments
crisis, predicting tax rates will have to rise significantly in coming
decades to pay for a blowout in benefits. The Australian, 5 October. Stable Cash Rates: No Help in
Housing Affordability The Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to leave
interest rates on hold may be a sigh of relief for people with a mortgage,
but it makes no headway in terms of making housing more affordable, said Australia’s housing sector. International Business Times, 4
October. Sector gets in on social housing
solutions The social housing
solutions that older people need and aged care providers want will soon be
fed right through to Canberra, following the creation of a new expert
advisory panel featuring a key sector representative. Australian Ageing Agenda, 4
October. Refugees rejected in error Two out of three refugee
rejections issued to boat people are being overturned on the grounds of legal
error and lack of fairness when they reach the Federal Court. The Age, 4 October. One person's tax break is another
person's broken housing dream When popular commentary
turns to talk of tax and housing, stamp duty is inevitably singled out as the
culprit making housing unaffordable. The Drum, 3 October. Boost for recognition of indigenous
people Constitutional recognition
of indigenous Australians is a step closer after an expert panel received
more than 3400 submissions largely supportive of the move. The Australian, 3 October. Can we seriously say that 50 is too
old to work? Where did we Australians
get this idea that 50 is old, too old, over the hill? The Punch, 1 October. Australia should know better on
asylum seekers: Amnesty chief The chief of Amnesty
International says Australia's treatment of asylum seekers and Indigenous
people is deeply disturbing and an international embarrassment. ABC News, 30 September. Are the rich getting richer and the
poor getting poorer? Australians like to think
of themselves as egalitarian, and for much of our history we believed our
income and wealth was spread around relatively evenly. Inside Story, 28 September. Senator the Hon Mark Arbib The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP The Hon Kate Ellis MP ACT 4300 syringes found in public
places More than 4300 syringes
were found in public places across the ACT over the last financial year - but
the figure has been falling steadily over the last three years. The Canberra Times, 6 October. Stamp duty payments changes flagged The ACT Government will
consider easing pressure on home buyers by allowing them to stagger stamp
duty payments after Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan ruled out funding state and
territory governments to scrap the tax. The Canberra Times, 5 October. Housing hit by weather Wet weather delayed the
construction of hundreds of new Canberra homes and ripped a $150million hole
in the Land Development Agency's expected revenue last financial year. The Canberra Times, 4 October. Shorter list but still 1500 wait
for homes Demand for public housing
in the ACT continues to outstrip supply, with about 1500 disadvantaged
families waiting for a home last financial year. The Canberra Times, 3 October. NSW RSPCA NSW: Living Ruff “Often people with pets who access soup kitchens for
food will feed their animals and go without themselves.” RSPCA NSW. Bosses tap into foreign labour in double-edged
boom When Todd Raffen launched his business in 2003, he
could post an ad for a skilled tradie and expect 12 reasonable applications.
These days he counts himself lucky if he gets any. The Australian, 7 October. Region's hidden homeless worry Local welfare agencies are being stretched to the
limit as families under financial pressure are driven out of their homes. Lakes Mail, 6 October. Unemployed living on $16 a day after rent Experts from across the ideological divide have
acknowledged the Newstart Allowance for unemployed Australians is too low,
and the gap to other pensions too large. ABC News, 5 October. Mission to help the homeless Donna Davis has been appointed case manager for
community connections, a first for Mission in the Bega Valley. The Bega District News, 4 October. Boarding houses in disguise Randwick has two boarding houses on the market and
both are cleverly disguised as ordinary family dwellings. Southern Courier, 4 October. Planning shake-up gives greater power to
councils Local councils will enjoy a huge increase in their
power to determine big residential, retail and commercial developments from
today, as laws take effect curbing state government powers to declare
projects of state significance. SMH, 4 October. NT Pete's 'prison' is his castle He's a resident in the
sometimes-troubled public housing tenements in Darwin's trendiest locale -
Kurringal Flats in Fannie Bay. NT News, 6 October. Public homes add up to cash jackpot Public housing has been a
cash cow for the NT Government as Territorians suffer one of the worst
housing shortages on record, department figures show. NT News, 6 October. Qld Greenthumbs spruce up social
housing Mount Isa's green-thumbed
social housing tenants have been recognised in the Queensland Government's
Social Housing Garden Awards yesterday. The North West Star, 6 October. SA Housing plan gains support City-based homeless
service providers have welcomed plans for a new centre to accommodate
Aboriginal families in Hendon. City-messenger, 6 October. Tas There’s no place like home Sydney based artist and
architect, Matthieu Gallois has come home to do a project about the ‘home’. The Wellington Times, 5 October. Vic Hospital forced to downsize One of Melbourne's largest
hospitals is preparing to cut its surgery capacity dramatically, with the
closure of 32 beds, because of a lack of state funding. The Age, 7 October. Victorian Government Homelessness
Action Plan welcomed Media release
from Community Housing Fed of Vic. and Council to Homeless Persons. Vic Minister for Housing media
release. Count them in, 40 suburbs hit magic
million Forty suburbs across
greater Melbourne recorded a median house price of $1 million or more in the
year to June 30. The Age, 3 October. WA A family of eight are
living in a bush camp near Dwellingup after a five-year wait for public
housing. The West Australian, 7 October. Transsexuals win WA high court
battle Two female-to-male
transsexuals have won a landmark High Court battle to be legally recognised
as men under WA's gender reassignment laws. The West Australian, 6 October. Shocking toll of violence in the
home New figures paint an
alarming picture of Aboriginal domestic violence, with indigenous offenders
responsible for 46 per cent of all reported domestic assaults in WA this
year. The West Australian, 5 October. State-of-the-art housing for
Bunbury seniors Residents of a new social
housing facility have praised the government initiative and facilities that
have been opened to provide an affordable living solution for Bunbury
seniors. Bunbury Mail, 5 October. Strategies to address Indigenous youth crime The Police Minister Rob Johnson says steps are
being taken to address the high number of Aboriginal juveniles involved in
crime. ABC News, 4 October. Poor hearing a reason for 'national
shame' While delivering the
recent Lionel Murphy lecture, Attorney-General Robert McClelland described
the over-representation of Aboriginal people in Australia's criminal justice
system as a "national shame". The West Australian, 4 October. Designing for sleeping rough: a
harm reduction approach to homelessness in Australian cities The traditional approach
to homelessness and 'sleeping rough' in Australian cities can be summarised
as relocating the issue rather than addressing it. The Global Urbanist, 4 October. INTERNATIONAL NZ Housing NZ not likely to buy flats Housing New Zealand is unlikely to pick up the 395 pensioner flats
Hamilton City Council is trying to offload. NZ Herald, 4 October. USA Back Home, and Homeless Mid-June, 2011: I find
myself alone in a dark wooded park tucked between million-dollar houses south
of Stanford University, looking for a spot in the bushes to stash my bags. The New York Times, 7 October. The voice of Australia’s youth
speaks up for the rights of children An equal and inclusive
society is the core aspiration of young Australians said Youth Ambassador
Benson Saulo when he addressed world leaders in New York earlier this week. Flipping Crikey, 6 October. New Muppet to raise hunger
awareness A new poverty-stricken
Muppet will highlight the issue of hunger on an upcoming episode of Sesame
Street. ABC News, 5 October. The No-Evictions Sheriff Cheri Honkala, a single
mom, sometimes homeless, who launched one of the country’s biggest
multi-racial movements led by the poor and homeless, is running for sheriff
of Philadelphia. Yes Magazine, 26 September. The "Aging Out" Dilemma
Plaguing the Foster Care System Imagine that because
you've been abused or neglected as a child, you've spent the first 21 years
of your life separated from your biological family... Huffington Post, 25 September. Homelessness in The Huffington Post UK BBC to shrink as it shares in UK
spending cuts The BBC is set to become
"significantly smaller" after Britain's cash-strapped government
imposed deep spending cuts on the world-renowned, publicly funded
broadcaster. ABC News, 7 October. Council shuns 'Affordable Rent' to build 1,800
social homes A council that has publicly rejected the
Government's Affordable Rent programme - allowing housing associations to
build and re-let properties at near-market rents - has set out plans to
develop nearly 2,000 homes for social rent in the borough over the next three
years. 24 dash, 5 October. |
PUBLICATIONS &
RESEARCH 24 dash Past issues of 24 dash magazine ABS Measuring Australia’s Progress
2011 report ACOSS ACOSS calls for clear agenda on
tax and transfer reform Tax Forum must unite the community
around common problems, not divide it over old debates ADFVC Introducing ‘Sex, Love and Other Stuff’ AHRC Over 50? Send us your stories.
AHURI How does living in public housing
affect women’s employment? ANTI-POVERTY WEEK Resources: in this section you can
find a number of resources about poverty and related issues in Australia and
globally. They include a selection of: * recent
fact sheets * recent
reports and papers * helpful
websites AIHW National Social Housing Survey: a
summary of national results Australian Drug Foundation Older People, alcohol and other
drugs. Auditor General Tasmania Calgary Homeless Foundation Plan to End Youth Homelessness. Government of SA Housing Strategy for South
Australia Green Paper. Housing Stressed How is housing affordability
affecting your state? Informa Healthcare Australia: Becoming Empowered: A
Grounded Theory Study Of Aboriginal Women's Agency Kids Helpline Parity Magazine Call for contributions: Responding
to Plos One (Aus) A Prospective Study of Diet
Quality and Mental Health in Adolescents Urban Institute Vulnerability, Risk, and the Transition to Adulthood. UTS Jumbunna 'Rebuilding from the Ground Up'
Endorsed Statement on Alternatives to the Intervention A place to call home New research by Dr Catherine Robinson
into the causes and long-term effects of homelessness show understanding
personal trauma could be the key to redefining social perceptions and
assisting with government and community responses. Vic Health Precarious housing and health in
three parts. BOOKS Pets in The City Available as a downloadable document (PDF) here. Open Our Eyes: Seeing the Invisible People of
Homelessness Injustice: Why Social Inequality
Persists by Danny Dorling SUBMISSION Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2011 (WA) On 7 September 2011 the Legislative Council referred
the Residential Tenancies Amendment
Bill 2011 to the Uniform Legislation and Statutes Review
Committee for consideration and report by 1 November 2011. Submissions close
10 October. Website. WIPAN No exit into homelessness Still a Dream? The Housing
Needs of women leaving prison. Discussion Paper.
How to make your voice heard? The questions at the front of this paper are a guide
only. You can answer the questions that interest you. We are also interested
in your personal stories about how you found housing or stayed homeless.
Deadline for submissions or comments: 25 November 2011. Email: info@wipan.net.au
Website: http://www.wipan.net.au Postal Address: PO Box 345 Broadway, NSW, 2007 GRANTS FaHCSIA Supported Accommodation Innovation Fund (SAIF) Supported accommodation for people with disability How much? -$60 million has been committed over three years to
build up to 150 new supported accommodation places for people with
disability. Apply when? -from 5/09/2011
to 20/01/2012 Who to contact? - Email saif@fahcsia.gov.au
or visit the SAIF website - http://www.saif.govspace.gov.au LISTEN Future proofing children: Martin Westwell Forum: Yes, I'm a Baby Boomer but it's not my
fault VIDEO/FILM Love in a Time of HIV (USA) Jason van Genderen, Pearls
(AUS) 55 year old Homeless Man carries 2
Masters Degrees (USA) 'Street Doctor' Gives Homeless
Free Checkups (USA) SCHOLARSHIPS The Charlie Perkins Scholarships Two annual postgraduate
scholarships will allow talented Indigenous Australians to study at the
University of Oxford for up to three years. Applications for the 2012-2013
Charlie Perkins Scholarships will open Monday 15 August 2011 and will close
Friday 14 October 2011. Scholarship website. SOCIAL MEDIA 7 Social Media Habits for the Time
Pressed Nonprofit from Connecting Up How social media empowers the
homeless. BLOGS ABS Blog Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association
Inc Blog Mates helping Mates (AUS) The Brown Couch, Tenants Union
of NSW Women speak out on income
management (AUS) That Poverty Project (Canada) How to Make TANF Work Better for
Homeless Families (USA) It’s madness: the incarceration of
disabled homeless people in the US Met a Homeless Man As I Came Out Of The Station
(USA) VCOSS Voice How to solve a housing crisis (or at least where to start) YFoundations
(Youth homelessness AUS) The homelessness-advocate Daily
(INT) The Indigenous and Remote Daily
(AUS) The #ausyouth Daily (AUS) An International Effort to End
Homelessness National Alliance to End
Homelessness EMAIL 5 Email Invitation Tips that Get
Attendees to Your Events FACEBOOK Home For Good (USA) 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 Australian Indigenous Leadership Centre Social and Emotional Wellbeing and
Mental Health Services in Aboriginal Australia What works for U TRAINING, SEMINARS,
FORUMS, WORKSHOPS AIATSIS Seminar Series Series 2, 2011: Housing and homelessness This series will look at the broad scope of issues
surrounding housing and homelessness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples. Overcrowding, poor quality housing, low levels of home
ownership, discrimination in the public housing system, homelessness,
relationships to health, employment and education, are some of the issues
facing Indigenous people in remote, regional and urban areas. Seminars. Australasian Housing Institute AIFS seminar series presentation Early Parenting Support for
Vulnerable Families: Why, what and how? 10:00 am – 11:15 am, Tuesday 18 October 2011, AIFS
Seminar Room, Melbourne Professor Jan M. Nicholson, Director of Research at
the Parenting Research Centre. Please RSVP if you
would like to attend this seminar. PIAC: Protecting Human Rights This one-day workshop provides an
overview of human rights, and will equip you with knowledge and skills
necessary to recognise and respond when rights are being violated. Sydney, 24 October, event website. Commonwealth Youth Forum The Australian Government is proud to be
hosting the Commonwealth Youth Forum in Fremantle, Western Australia from
Sunday 23 October to Thursday 27 October 2011. Forum website. 4th Annual Gerald Ward Lecture
on Social Justice The St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of
Australia, Canberra, 18 November, lecture web page. Volunteering Victoria Presents a series of workshops covering
key aspects of managing successful volunteer programs. Training workshops. THANKS to... The journalists and media who write and report on the
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unincorporated not-for-profit initiative delivering a range of services to
social and affordable rental housing stakeholders throughout Australia and
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