Media Releases

Homelessness Australia comments on homelessness and related issues, particularly when this is related to research and policy developments.  If you have a topic you think we should comment on, please contact us.

Homelessness Australia happily uses the services of Storycentral for our media releases to reach a wide variety of media contacts and the response is amazing!

Click on our releases below:

2010

08/03/10 Remembering Homeless Women on International Women's Day

16/02/10 We all need to play a part in ending homelessness

10/02/10 Stretching their dollars further weekly payments measure welcome

2009

22/12/09 12 months on important steps taken for the 105,000 homeless at Christmas

08/10/09 Centrelink announcement moves White Paper forward
03/08/09 National Homeless Persons Week 2009
20/07/09 Homeless Persons' Week Asks 'Where Do They Go?' if you are homeless and missing
09/07/09 The numbers are in - now it's time to see the State Plans
07/07/09 Time to Deliver for people experiencing Homelessness
19/06/09 Time for a New National Homelessness Act
28/05/09 Turning the Tide (Response to AIHW report on Demand for SAAP 07-08)
12/05/09 Budget Offers Support to People at Risk of Homelessness
01/05/09 Child Protection Framework Supports Homeless Reform
31/04/09 Time for Action - welcome attention to an urgent issue
01/04/09 Ending Youth Homelessness first step to White Paper Vision 
08/03/09 Too many homeless women on International Women's Day
11/02/09 More social housing needed in an economic crisis
03/02/09 Public and Community Housing Funding

2008

21/12/08  White Paper Makes Ending Homelessness Everyones Responsibility
13/10/08  Homeless Service Delivery faces major barriers according to new report by Homelessness Australia

04/09/08   Counting the Homeless: 105,000 is too many
05/08/08   Homelessness - from coast to coast
04/08/08   Homelessness It's not who you think
31/07/08   New Data Proof of Need for Homeless Action
14/05/08   Budget sets foundation for future action
15/02/08   Welfare reform priority for action on homelessness

2007

08/11/07   Call for all political leaders to make a commitment to ending homelessness
05/11/07   Homelessness an elephant in the election room
18/10/07   "We Could Do So Much More!" - Strenghtening our Response to Homelessness
15/10/07   No Home = No Vote?
05/10/07   I'm Homeless - and I Vote!
09/05/07   Budget Funding Welcome but more needs to be done
18/04/07   National Youth Homelessness Matters Day
15/03/07   Homelessness and Mental Illness

2006

14/12/06   Homeless families still without safe accommodation
25/08/06   Homeless Children in Trouble
07/08/06   Homeless Slipping through the Count
29/05/06   Homeless on the streets to double under welfare reforms
09/05/06   Budget empty handed for homeless Australians with mental illness
09/05/06   Tax cuts won't help homeless Australians
06/04/06   No Respite from Living on the Street
28/02/06   More assistance required to assist homeless families

 

For information about media releases prior to 2007, please contact the office on (02) 6247 7744.

 

Updated: March 2010