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Kids 'living in abject poverty' amid NT housing crisis
Children are living in abject poverty amid an Aboriginal housing crisis followin...
Lloyd Jones 20 May 2026
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency urges 'meaningful action' on 'systemic failures' putting NT children at risk
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency has urged the Commonwealth and No...
Giovanni Torre 7 May 2026
Homeless 61-year-old Indigenous woman with cancer told it will be years before permanent housing is available for her
Tania Narrier is 61-years-old, with stage four cancer, is homeless and has been...
Jarred Cross 4 May 2026
'Ending unfair evictions will save lives' - advocates welcome 'long overdue' reforms in Western Australia
The Western Australian government's decision to abolish no grounds evictions was...
Giovanni Torre 4 May 2026
Victorian social housing announcement welcomed as Indigenous homelessness grows
The Victorian Government's announcement of 7,000 new social homes has been welco...
Dechlan Brennan 28 Apr 2026
Exclusive: Homeless after eviction, First Nations mother dies two weeks after giving birth

This report contains the name of an Indigenous person who has died. Mary Ann Miller gave birth to her seventh child at Perth's Fiona Stanley Hospital in March.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Apr 21, 2026
Invasion Day rally organisers welcome terrorism charge, renew call for comprehensive change

Elders and organisers of the Invasion Day Boorloo/Perth rally have issued a formal statement welcoming the decision of the Western Australia Joint Counter Terrorism Team to charge the suspect in the a...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 13, 2026
Brighter futures can be built around better systems

Australia's story since 1973 has often been told through the lens of what hasn't worked. The gaps persist. The inequities that refuse to close. The promises that fall short.

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Shane Hamilton Feb 11, 2026
'Historic' funding for First Nations housing announced

The federal government has opened the third funding round of the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF), committing $600 million to projects aimed at improving housing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jan 30, 2026
With grassroots Truth Telling and education with can empower the community and together fight for real change

The following piece is a call to action from organisers of the Boorloo/Perth rally of January 26. January 26 is a day of mourning where we remember the many who have resisted and suffered under the yo...

Eviction of Indigenous family stopped for now as WA Supreme Court agrees to review case

The WA Supreme Court has agreed to review Foundation Housing's eviction of an Indigenous family in Boorloo/Perth. Foundation Housing has agreed not to evict Nicola Torres and her two daughters before...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 19, 2026
Indigenous family faces eviction despite paying off rental debt

An Indigenous family in Boorloo/Perth is facing eviction from community housing despite paying off a rental debt. Nicola Torres and her two daughters have lived in a home managed by Foundation Housing...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 6, 2026
Fears of generational harm as child homelessness spikes in Victoria

New national homelessness data has revealed homelessness among Aboriginal Victorians is increasing at nearly four times the rate of the rest of the state's population, prompting urgent calls for gover...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 4, 2025
Dedicated First Nations funding stream for housing welcomed, more needed to close the gap

Victoria's Aboriginal Housing and Homelessness Forum (AHHF) has welcomed the federal government's plan to build more than 21,000 new social and affordable homes nationwide, saying the announcement "si...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Nov 28, 2025
So much power and so much wealth, but no action to help WA's most vulnerable people

The Cook Government was returned to power in March this year after obliterating the opposition at the Western Australian State Election. The punters had voted, optimistic that this government would do...

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Wayne Nannup Oct 8, 2025
'Values-aligned' partners critical to growing Aboriginal housing - Birribee Housing chief executive Paul Coe

Birribee Housing chief executive Paul Coe was among the many Indigenous experts and leaders at the recent National First Nations Housing & Homelessness Forum.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 24, 2025
Cultural competence must be at the core of management to tackle homelessness

Among the hundreds of Indigenous leaders and experts who gathered in Adelaide on Kaurna Country last week for the National First Nations Housing & Homelessness Forum was Patricia Cotton, chief exe...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 15, 2025
The Djarindjin Way: breaking free from the system strikes a chord at First Nations Housing and Homelessness Forum

Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Nathan McIvor's message to the First Nations Housing and Homelessness Forum held on Kaurna Country this week was clear: self-determination is the way...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 11, 2025
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