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Featured report - from Homelessness NSW

It could be you: female, single, older and homeless click here
Also listen to Radio National report click here

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LAUNCH: National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and Their Children
Media Release click here
Tanya Plibersek MP speech click here
The Plan fact sheet click here
The National Plan click here

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AIHW: Demand for accommodation from government funded specialist homelessness services 2008-09: summary provides a summary of the Demand for accommodation from government funded specialist homelessness services 2008-09 report (internet-only release), with a focus on the people turned away from accommodation.

Click here for report.

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Homelessness Australia's Election Statement for August 21, click here

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Income Management – ACOSS & FaHCSIA

ACOSS: Some age, disability and carer pensioners who live in areas designated by the Minister would come under the income management scheme. Under draft guidelines the net would be cast well beyond people on those payments who are victims of domestic violence or 'humbugging'. Read more from ACOSS.

New model of Income Management – FaHCSIA, you are invited to comment by June 22.

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ASU on equal pay click here

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Homelessness Australia's response to the Federal Budget click here

Clcik here for Pro Bono News for NFP point of view

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AIHW:

SAAP Data (April 30, 2010)

In January 2009, the SAAP V agreement between the Australian Government and the states and territories was replaced by the National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness. This is the first report under the new arrangements and contains data from the Interim Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) National Data Collection. It provides an overview of assistance given to clients and their children by government funded specialist homelessness services in 2008-09.)

CLICK HERE for AIHW MEDIA RELEASE

CLICK HERE for REPORT SUMMARY

CLICK HERE for FULL REPORT

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Crisis Accommodation (April 23, 2010)
This report presents data for the 2008–09 Commonwealth State Housing Agreement (CSHA) Crisis Accommodation Program (CAP) data collection. This is the last of the reports for this program: as the CSHA finished at 31 December 2008, the program is now funded under the National Affordable Housing Agreement (NAHA). CLICK HERE FOR REPORT

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Homelessness Australia joins three colleagues on Australia Talks
Click here to have a listen

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HPLS and Clearinghouse: Homelessness and criminal record descrimination project
The Homeless Persons’ Legal Service (HPLS) in partnership with the National Homelessness Clearinghouse has started a new consultation project to find out homeless people’s experience of discrimination on the grounds of past criminal record.

If you have clients that you would like to assist complete a story of criminal record discrimination and to assist HPLS change laws in this area for the better, please go to the HPLS Homelessness and Criminal Record Discrimination Project information page view the cartoon and complete the online form.

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Report on shared parenting law suggests changes

Responses in the media to an AIFS report commissioned by FaHCSIA and the Australian Attorney General’s Department highlights the negative affects of the family law introduced with the previous government, with some children adversely disadvantaged when from an abusive and violent home. Attorney General Robert McClelland said on PM last night: “We are now in a situation where perhaps as a result of misinformation people have resolved cases where the best interest of the children may not have been regarded as a result of the misunderstanding and misconception as to what the law required or the outcome that would be achieved if they went to court.” Read more from PM. McClelland continued this line on AM this morning: “It's been skewed the law, I think it's fair to say, in that people have approached it from the point of view of parents' rights whereas consistently the intention in family law is being what's in the best interests of the child.” Read more from AM. In The Australian, McClelland said it was clear from the Chisholm report, and from two other reviews of the shared parenting law, also released yesterday, that women had become reluctant to raise allegations of violence, in part because the court can now punish them by hitting them with the entire bill for proceedings if the allegations are not proved. Read more in the Australian.

Along the Road Home

Anniversary Report on what the Federal Government has achieved over the past 12 months

Click here for FaHCSIA link

Media Release from Homelessness Australia click here

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White Paper Implementation Plan Fact Sheets from Federal and State/Ter Government:

Click here for COAG website for all the Implementation Plans

Fact Sheets from FaHCSIA: National and each state and territory.

White Paper fact sheet National click here (517 pdf)

White Paper fact sheet for the ACT click here (164kb pdf)

White paper fact sheet for NSW click here (164kb pdf)

White Paper fact sheet for NT click here (164kb pdf)

White Paper fact sheet for QLD click here (165kb pdf)

White Paper fact sheet for SA click here (164kb pdf)

White Paper fact sheet for TAS click here (163kb pdf)

White Paper fact sheet for VIC click here (164kb pdf)

White Paper fact Sheet for WA click here (163kb pdf)

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The White Paper:

http://www.facsia.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/housing/white_paper_on_homelessness.htm

Alternatively, you can view a pdf version of the Homelessness White Paper, courtesy of the National Homelessness Information Clearing house.

Homelessness Australia's media release can be found here.

White Paper forums: National Homelessness Information Clearinghouse click here