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AWARDS 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. BOOK A Different Inequality Managing the Undesirables CAMPAIGN Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women is a
global call for action 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. Cycle 4 Life In September
Philippa Seldon will cycle close to 1600km from Canberra to Brisbane
generating awareness of suicide prevention whilst raising vital funds for
Lifeline. Campaign website. Build Communities Not Prisons 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. Website. Campout Not for
profit camp for LGBTIQ teens needs your support to make 2011 camp fabulous!! Website. Depression
Awareness and Suicide Prevention Starting
September 2012 This is a
campaign walk around Australia to raise awareness of depression and help
prevent suicide. Campaign website. Every Australian Counts Every
Australian Counts is the campaign for the introduction of a National
Disability Insurance Scheme. The National Disability Insurance Scheme will
revolutionise the way people with a disability, their families and carers are
supported in this country. Campaign website. End Youth Homelessness Virgin Unite also has a national petition running on
their website http://endyouthhomelessness.com.au/
and we are encouraging as many people as possible to join. GRANTS Grants to End Homelessness The Mercy Foundation Grants to End Homelessness are
available for initiatives, services, projects and research that will
contribute to the goal of ending homelessness. EOIs
are due in by September 30. Follow this
link to read more about our Grants to End Homelessness and
download an EOI form. LISTEN Nowhere to live Rents are rising even in
country towns, and more people are forced into caravan parks, the back rooms
of old pubs - or the river bank - even with young children. It can happen to
anyone. It will get worse. Various attempts to create more places for people
to live at cheap rent are not meeting the need. Background Briefing, 4 September. Shrinking homes and tiny houses For decades
houses have been getting bigger: we've all heard of McMansions. But are
things changing? Whether driven by economic or environmental factors it seems
there's a new move towards smaller houses -- and some of them are really
tiny! Future Tense, 8 September. Suicide Rates in Northern
Territory highest in Australia New studies
show that the Northern Territory has the highest rate
of suicide than anywhere else in Australia. Head of Corporate Affairs
at Headspace Elizabeth Tucky speaks about mental health and wellbeing.
Headspace in Alice Springs is a
confidential service that provides
people aged 12 to 25 a safe place to meet and
speak with either a councillor
or other health professional. On CAAMA, 6 September. Meet the new Race
Discrimination Commissioner Australia's
new Race Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Helen Szoke, started in the job this
week. Life Matters, 8 September. Family breakdown and the impact on
children
Life Matters, 7 September. The ethical treatment of depression:
Dr Paul Biegler Life
Matters, 7 September. Child neglect Child neglect
is one of the most pervasive forms of child abuse and the impacts on children
and their families can be severe and long lasting. Life Matters, 5 September. Young people online: are we
messing with their minds? Many parents
say they're worried about what their children might be doing on the internet.
A panel of researchers and mental health experts put their concerns into
perspective. Life Matters, 1 September. MEMBERSHIP HA Membership time! Renew or
join us... Homelessness Australia invites you
to read our brochure and think about becoming a member. POSITIONS VACANT 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. Work in a fully accredited mobile practice, be
supported by a nurse in a 1:1 ratio and also have the back-up of a mental
health nurse. If you are interested in the homeless, chronic disease,
Aboriginal medicine, mental health, youth health and patients with addiction,
Mobile GP would love to have you on their team. For further information, please
call Stephanie Dunstan on 0457 925 357 or email steph.dunstan@mobilegp.org.au 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 5 Tips for Sparking a Grassroots
Movement Online from Mashable BLOGS 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) Sex trafficking and homeless youth Abe Oudshoorn's Blog
(Can) 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. SURVEY Employment Action for Cultural
Diversity is conducting
a survey of service providers in Qld who work with CALD women from new and
emerging communities to explore their experiences and observations in
supporting women to obtain employment. Survey closes 16 September 2011. Survey. Queensland Shelter A survey
about the ongoing impacts of the natural disasters that affected Queensland
at the start of this year. Survey. VIDEO/FILM Video: Impact on Heaven - It's about Housing People (AUS) An exploration for Homeless Persons Week which confronts key issues in
the international and Australian struggle to house and support the homeless. Encounter website. Jason's drug addiction led him
into homelessness (CAN) Documentary: (Un)veiled: Muslim
Women Talk About Hijab Melbourne's Common Ground marks one year of safe
housing for tenants (AUS) Shelter shortage pushes homeless
teens out (AUS) Alice (AUS) Youth Homelessness
(YConnect) Youth Homelessness
(AUS) Contains content from Channel 9 Australia. Young Family Homelessness – the
impacts (AUS) Dementia Video of Childhood Memory
of Being Forgotten VODCAST Gambling reform & problem
gambling awareness
Top 50 Web Forums for Social
Workers Preventing Adolescent Alcohol Misuse. Girraween High School: Hungry for
Home (AUS) Targeting the eradication of youth homelessness. Your help would be greatly appreciated in
spreading the message and create a positive impact on youth homelessness. 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
-Australian Domestic and Family Violence
Clearinghouse -Australian Institute of Families
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NATIONAL ACOSS and Asylum seekers and refugees ACOSS would like to thank the more than 500 signatories (and counting)
to the statement calling for a new approach to Australia's asylum seeker
policy following last week's historic High Court ruling. Your enormous support and donations has enabled us to raise enough
funds to place this statement along with well over 200 organisational
signatories as a half page broadsheet ad in yesterday's Australian Newspaper
(Thursday 8 September 2011). ACOSS. Survey reveals parlous work-life juggling act PIA Cerveri has found juggling family life and a career tricky. After
working as a social worker and manager, she left to raise her son, and now
she and her partner get by on one income. The Age, 7 September. Youth mental illness linked to family breakdowns The Australian Christian Lobby says the Federal Government must provide
much more support for families amid rising levels of child neglect. ABC News, 6 September. VAW affects us all In a world full of acronyms 'VAW' is one that is not well known. It
refers to events that impact the lives of millions of women every day, is one
of the most widespread violations of human rights in the world, devastates
communities, families and economies and in Australia alone will cost an
estimated $15.6 billion in 2021-22. Online Opinion, 6 September. Don't get starry-eyed about housing During the Cold War reliable information about the inner workings of
the Soviet leadership was hard to get, and so a new pseudo-scientific
discipline emerged. SMH, 5 September. Senator the Hon Mark Arbib The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP The Hon Kate Ellis MP ACT Older single women the new face of homeless There will be a ''tsunami'' of older single women in housing stress in
the years to come if the ''severe'' shortage of affordable housing in
Australian is not addressed, experts say. The Canberra Times, 7 September. NSW NCOSS on NSW Budget Welcomed Investments and Planning for the Future Government commits to NSW infrastructure A
record investment in infrastructure will deliver the hospitals, transport,
roads and housing that NSW desperately needs, the state government says. Sky News, 6 September. NSW in the red, thousands of jobs to go The
New South Wales Government is taking the state's finances into deficit,
despite promising an $8 billion cost-cutting plan that will slash 5,000 jobs
from the public sector. ABC News, 6 September.
Single mother's struggle reveals some home
truths Gemma
Lord thought she had reached rock bottom the day she went to the Department
of Housing with her baby daughter to ask for special consideration. She was
20 and homeless, not yet living on the street, but fast running out of
relatives and friends who could put them up. SMH, 5 September.
Anglicare’s Home Truths. ICAC urged to probe stalled housing
projects Stalled
public housing projects on the Coffs coast have been referred to the
Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and the state's
auditor-general. ABC News, 5 September. Concerns over Cooks Hill development Changes
to the design of a $31 million high rise development in Cooks Hill have
failed to appease residents who say it's still too big for the suburb. ABC Newcastle, 5 September. NT New chance to cut re-offending THE Territory Government believes it can reduce
re-offending rates of prisoners in the Territory by 10 per cent with a new
approach, including a work camp prison. NT News, 9 September. Anderson denies deal in switch to Country Liberals Former Northern Territory Labor Minister Alison Anderson insists no
deals have been done with the Opposition Country Liberals in exchange for her
support. ABC News, 8 September. Qld Homelessness blamed on mining boom A community worker in the central Queensland town of Gladstone says an
increasing number of people are resorting to living in their cars and in
makeshift camps, because of a major hike in rental prices and a reduction in
the number of available properties. ABC News, 6 September. Red Cross 'night cafe' helps homeless youth The Red Cross 'Night Cafe' has helped homeless youth in south-east
Queensland for a decade. Watch on ABC News, 5 September. Tas Time to shed light on suicide Tasmanians have been urged
to talk more openly about suicide and look for warning signs to help stem the
state's high rate of self-caused deaths. The Mercury, 9 September. Volunteer helpers crisis Declining volunteer
numbers have local organisations fearful they may not have enough people to
offer much-needed help to vulnerable members of the community. The Mercury, 9 September. Call to fill mental health jobs Fifty-seven positions in
Tasmania's mental health sector sit vacant while a depleted front-line
workforce, including locums, works overtime and costs the State Government
millions of dollars. The Mercury, 8 September. SA Stop the bodgy count The latest street count
survey figures were released at the end of August this year alongside
claims that homelessness had halved in South Australia .
Shelter SA expressed
concerns then that the street count clouds the truth about
the real numbers of people who are homeless. Online Opinion, 7 September. Shelter SA makes an urgent call
upon Minister Rankine to stop street count of homeless people Vic Street to Home announces Registry
Week 2011 to run in October Melbourne Street to Home
(MS2H) will run its second Registry Week from Monday 24 – Friday 28 October. This will provide MS2H and the broader
homelessness and housing sector with important information regarding the
extent and types of vulnerability among people rough sleeping in
inner-Melbourne. Information. Victoria’s first Common Ground— One
year on… To mark the occasion,
HomeGround has focused the latest quarterly update on the successes and
challenges of the first year. HomeGround. Court ruling blow to homeless Victorians who believe
their human rights have been violated by being evicted from public housing
will now have to take their cases to the Supreme Court. 9 News, 6 September. Slumlords operating without control In the wake of a fire that
destroyed a boarding house this week, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade slammed
slumlords who operate dangerous rooming houses as callous and despicable
after the Sunday night fire in Footscray that forced seven residents to
evacuate. The Age, 6 September. Waiting and hoping Amina Aden is the human face of what is wrong with Victoria’s public
housing waiting list. The Somali woman has been homeless since migrating to
Melbourne in 2008 as a refugee, unable to secure public housing that can
support her five children. Moonee Valley Leader, 5 September. WA Rally for the Rights of the
Homeless The Streeties
- "we will not be moved on". Watch this footage from our encounter
at State Parliament: Police Minister Rob Johnson speaks to our Homeless Folk:
Youtube. New hostel to accommodate 50
more homeless men About 50 more homeless men will soon have shelter after the state
government today announced the redevelopment of a hostel in Northbridge. SMH, 5 September. INTERNATIONAL CANADA A Town Without Poverty? Try to imagine a town
where the government paid each of the residents a living income, regardless
of who they were and what they did, and a Soviet hamlet in the early 1980s
may come to mind. The Dominion, 5 September. NZ Housing NZ dodging a $650,000
question OPINION: I read with
interest Housing Corporation head Lesley McTurk's article about the Pomare
evictions case (September 2) including her claim that the Human Rights Review
Tribunal "found that Housing New Zealand did not discriminate against
the three tenants". The Dominion Post, 7 September. Housing NZ job cut plans causing
stress – Labour The Labour Party says
planned about job cuts at Housing New Zealand are causing stress for staff
and tenants. Radio New Zealand News, 4 September. UK Localism Bill: Lords to debate tenants complaint shake-up The House of Lords heard an amendment to the Localism Bill which aims
to preserve the right of tenants to complain about their social landlord
directly to the Housing Ombudsman. 24 Dash, 7 September. USA Photos: Youth hunger and homelessness in Minnesota Homeless youth in the state -- whether in shelters, couch hopping, or
on the streets -- struggle to get enough to eat. Food shelves and meal
programs offer help, but some youth have to use their own survival skills to
get by. MPR News, 6 September. Homeless patients pose unique problems for EMS Treating homeless patients can present overwhelming challenges for EMS
providers. EMS 1, 6 September. Intermission: What It's Like to Be Gay in Rural America We know gay people don't just live in big cities,
and with societal acceptance on the rise, rural same-sex couples are coming
out more and more. Stumble Upon, 2 September. Homeless shelters swamped in Olympia: 'We're really alarmed' "Alarming" is the word being used to describe a fast-growing
homeless population in the state capital of Olympia. Komo News, 2 September. Homelessness in The Huffington
Post WEEKS & DAYS National Child Protection Week 4-11
September Dementia Awareness Week 16-26
September International World Suicide
Prevention Day 10 September, see AUS campaign Out of the Shadows International Day of Older Persons, October 1 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 week 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 |
PUBLICATIONS &
RESEARCH ABS 6530.0 - Household Expenditure
Survey, Australia: Summary of Results, 2009-10 ACOSS ACOSS Australian Community Sector
Survey 2011 ADFVC AIFS Family Matters: Family
resources, roles and responsibilities AIHW Pathways in aged care: do people
follow recommendations? ANGLICARE State of Sydney 2011: Home Truths Anglicare Sydney’s annual State of Sydney report for
2011 finds that housing insecurity is making more women socially excluded,
with women the highest users of homelessness services. Calgary Homeless Foundation Plan to End Youth Homelessness Council to Homeless Persons (Vic) Inquiry into the opportunities for
participation of Victorian seniors, August 2011 Equality Rights Alliance Management in the Northern
Territory 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 Filling the Gap ‘Filling the
gap service model: integrated post crisis response for women and children who
have experienced family violence’, Good Shepherd Youth & Family Service
and McAuley Community Services for Women, Melbourne. Service Model. Homelessness Australia Sector Briefing: ABS
Methodological Review of Counting the Homeless Position Paper
National LGBTI Health Alliance Mental Health & Suicide, by
Gabi Rosenstreich RMIT Design Challenge 2011 on Homelessness Each year the Design Research Institute's Design
Challenge focuses on a different real and pressing issue, those which are too
complex to be solved by one discipline or by one set of expertise. In 2011
the focus will be Homelessness. Challenge website or see flyer
attached. Sacred Heart Mission Long-term Homelessness: Understanding the
challenge The first of
four reports evaluating the Journey to Social Inclusion (J2SI) program. Report. Shelter NSW NSW housing factsheet A quick guide to housing facts and
figures The Homeless Hub (Canada) Vic Health Precarious housing and health in
three parts 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 TRAINING, SEMINARS,
FORUMS, WORKSHOPS VCOSS Clearinghouse Rural &
Regional Training - Coming to a town near you in 2011! VCOSS is partnering with Jobs Australia to hold
Modern Award workshops about the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability
Services Industry Award (SCHCADS) otherwise known as the Modern Award. 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. Aboriginal & Torres Strait
Islander Course Information The
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health First Aid Course is
designed as a 14 hour course. The course is designed to be conducted in 6
modules; however, the delivery format is flexible. Website. 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 A Relationship Based Strengths
Approach to Working with Youth Newcastle
Youth Accommodation Service Ltd is promoting a 'Relationship Based Strengths
Approach to Working with Youth' workshop run by Canadian Stephen de Groot.
The workshops are being run in: Gosford
- 27 & 28 September, Newcastle – 29 & 30 September,
Sydney – 6 & 7 October. Workshop 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. A
leading provider of Organisational and People Development Services and
outsourced training solutions in Australasia. Volunteering
Victoria Presents
a series of workshops covering key aspects of managing successful volunteer programs.
Training workshops. EVENTS SEPTEMBER Social Housing Exhibition 2011,
UK The
exhibition, which forms the focal point of the National Housing Federation's
flagship Annual Conference, has grown considerably in recent years and offers
delegates and visitors the chance to explore the latest innovations, products
and services from over 100 exhibitors who supply and support the sector.
Birmingham, 12 - 14 September. Exhibition website. AHURI Improving housing
affordability through tax reform: Australia and the UK in comparison Thursday,
Sydney, 15 September. Event website. AWAVA
is delivering a number of FREE community engagement events in remote and
regional parts of Australia, to help support and promote the National Plan to
Reduce Violence against Women and their Children. The aim of these events is to provide an
opportunity to share ideas with others in your community and consider options
for violence prevention activities.
This will be done with a view to identifying realistic steps that can
be taken by local communities to help reduce violence against women and their
children. First event
is in Katherine NT, Thursday 15th September followed by events in Bendigo
Victoria, Broome WA, Launceston TAS, and Wilcannia NSW. Please see details in
the website www.awava.org.au. European Research Conference Homelessness,
Migration and Demographic Change in Europe, Pisa, Italy, 16 September 2011. Conference website. 3rd Biennial (First National LGBTIQ
Domestic Violence: Another Closet Sydney,
Friday 16th September 2011 Australian
Teenage Expo Be
in the Know, Is a MASSIVE event for young people, which will include
entertainment from some of Australia’s Hottest Acts. Prizes, Giveaways,
Master-classes, Hip Hop/Breakdancing Comp, Stalls on Education, Services and
a Heap of Awesome Products you NEED TO HAVE. Moonee Valley Race Club,
Melbourne, 16 - 18 September. Website. AIATSIS National Indigenous
Studies Conference 2011 Young and
old: connecting generations. 19 - 22
September, Canberra. Conference website. OCTOBER 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. Rooftop Charity Golf Day Held on
October 14, at the Gungahlin Lakes Golf Club, ACT, see flyer attached. Rooftop 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. 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. 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. 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.
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 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. 2012 Pathways to Housing & DESC Present the
First: Housing First Partners' Conference 2012 New Orleans, 21 - 23 March. 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
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