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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...
Giovanni Torre 15 Sep 2025
Grim new stats reveal homelessness crisis in regional WA
Grim new statistics reveal that regional Western Australia is experiencing a hom...
Giovanni Torre 4 Aug 2025
Experts call for Aboriginal homelessness target as rates in Victoria soar
First Nations homelessness in Victoria is twice that of the national average, ne...
Dechlan Brennan 11 Dec 2024
Charity status boosts First Nations business i24s' efforts to tackle homelessness
A Western Australian First Nations business will be able to boost its services t...
Brendan Foster 2 Nov 2024
Homelessness Australia calls for First Nations Housing and Homelessness Plan as new report reveals "harsh reality"
Homelessness Australia has called for a dedicated First Nations Housing and Home...
Giovanni Torre 5 Aug 2024
Indigenous homelessness centre to open in Melbourne CBD

Specialist homelessness services for Indigenous Victorians will soon be available in the heart of Melbourne, with many seeking help from the increasingly unaffordable private rental market.

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Rachael Ward Jul 3, 2024
Victoria's Indigenous homeless rate would be a "humanitarian crisis" if applied across the state

The Victorian housing minister has told the Yoorrook Justice Commission that the scale of the help offered by the government has been inadequate to tackle the significant issue of housing and homeless...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 24, 2024
NT Shelter praises federal funding boost for housing and homelessness in the Territory

NT Shelter, the Territory's Peak body for affordable housing and homelessness, has welcomed the federal budget's more than doubling of funding for housing and homelessness via a new $9.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 15, 2024
Peak body renews call for more funding to combat Indigenous homelessness in Victoria

The peak body for Aboriginal housing in Victoria has welcomed the $15 million invested to combat Indigenous homelessness in this week's state budget, but argued more funding is urgently needed to prev...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 10, 2024
Compassion, collaboration & commitment needed to end NT homelessness

The Northern Territory holds the dubious distinction of having the highest rate of homelessness in Australia. With 11 per cent of all homeless people in Australia living in the NT, it's no exaggeratio...

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Jocelyn Cull Apr 16, 2024
Noelene Garlett, homelessness activist who stood up for the vulnerable, passes away

Noelene Garlett, a Noongar champion who stood up for the rights of homeless people, passed away earlier this month aged 62, having recently suffered from a stroke.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 15, 2024
WA eviction suicides spark call for public housing reform

Veteran housing advocates in Western Australia have called for an end to the use of "no reason" fixed term tenancy evictions from public housing in WA after revelations of suicide deaths of young Abor...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 9, 2024
Canadian journalism and human rights groups slam "abomination" arrest of respected First Nations reporter

Canadian journalism advocacy and human rights groups are calling for the Edmonton Police Service to drop charges against Cree and Iroquois reporter Brandi Morin, who was arrested while covering an enc...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 31, 2024
No room: record numbers of Indigenous people seek help

Frontline organisations who help homeless Indigenous people are stretched to breaking point. As the housing crisis continues to bite, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the country ar...

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Rudi Maxwell Dec 20, 2023
Aboriginal Community Housing Ltd becomes first Indigenous "Tier One" community housing provider

Aboriginal Community Housing Limited (ACHL) has become the first Aboriginal housing provider to attain Tier One under the National Regulatory System Community Housing (NRSCH).

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 7, 2023
Rallying for change: Elijah Bravington on his journey through Indigenous homelessness

Elijah Bravington has worn many cultural hats and as a former Aboriginal tour guide, the Arabana man would survey the horizon of modern-day Adelaide plains and tell of a time of a different place.

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Andrew Mathieson Jul 3, 2023
Advocates slam politicians for failure on homelessness

Indigenous advocates are calling on politicians to stop playing games with housing. As the national homelessness crisis continues to bite, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has released data from th...

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Rudi Maxwell Jun 28, 2023
Victorian program cancelled despite helping over 100 Indigenous people escape homelessness in one year

A Victorian housing program for First Nations people has been cancelled despite it helping more than 100 Indigenous people escape homelessness in the past year.

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Dechlan Brennan Jun 19, 2023
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