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15^th November 2012     A NATIONAL NETWORK OF INDIGENOUS HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS POLICY, PRACTICE AND RESEARCH NETWORK
by AHURI

The establishment of the Indigenous Housing and Homelessness Policy, Practice and Research Network has been funded by the Australian Government, in support of their commitment to Closing the Gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. AHURI is forming a network of organisations with an interest in Indigenous housing and homelessness policy, practice and/or research. more

15^th November 2012     CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION: LINKS BETWEEN HOMELESSNESS, CHILD PROTECTION AND JUVENILE JUSTICE
by AIHW

Following the release of a study exploring the feasibility of linking three community-sector data collections, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare was funded to link available child protection, juvenile justice and Supported Accommodation Assistance Program data. more

15^th November 2012     HOMELESSNESS REQUIRES COLLECTIVE IMPACT APPROACH
by Pro Bono News Australia

This week the 2011 Census homelessness numbers were released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The results are discouraging and disheartening. Despite a national strategy, agreed targets, an increase in Federal and State spending, and the significant effort of many social sector organisations, homelessness has risen by 8% over the past 5 years. more

15^th November 2012     REPORT REVEALS LINKS BETWEEN HOMELESSNESS, CHILD PROTECTION AND JUVENILE JUSTICE
by Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Statistical evidence of the relationships between child abuse and neglect, homelessness and juvenile justice supervision was released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). more

14^th November 2012     CREATING SHARED VALUE: HOW DO WE ALIGN COMMERCIAL & SOCIAL INTERESTS?
by Pro Bono News Australia

In less than 2 weeks, Mark Kramer - Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Managing Director of FSG and co-author of the Creation of Shared Value concept – will speak exclusively at the Creation of Shared Value Forum in Melbourne on November 14. more

14^th November 2012     MINISTER URGES STATES TO COMMIT TO HOMELESSNESS DEAL
by Pro Bono Australia News

The Federal Government has committed to providing half the funding of a one-year extension of the current National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness (NPAH) while a new deal is renegotiated with the states and territories. more

14^th November 2012     BRENDAN O'CONNOR PUSHES STATES ON HOMELESSNESS DEAL
by Patricia Karvelas - The Australian

HOUSING Minister Brendan O'Connor today announced that the Gillard government will approach the states and territories to negotiate a new homelessness partnership. more

14^th November 2012     FEDERAL GOVERNMENT URGES STATES TO COMMIT TO HOMELESSNESS DEAL
by Pro Bono News

The Federal Government has committed to providing half the funding of a one-year extension of the current National Partnership Agreement on Homelessness (NPAH) while a new deal is renegotiated with the states and territories. more

14^th November 2012     NEW HOMELESSNESS DEAL ON THE AGENDA
by Australian Associated Press

THE federal government wants to ink a new deal to tackle homelessness with state and territory governments. more

14^th November 2012     GILLARD GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO CONTINUING HOMELESSNESS FUNDING
by Australian Government

Federal Minister for Housing and Homelessness Brendan O’Connor today announced that the Gillard Government will approach the States and Territories to negotiate a new homelessness partnership. more

14^th November 2012     O'CONNOR ASKS STATES TO JUSTIFY HOMELESS SPEND
by Patricia Karvelas - The Australian

THE states will be asked to provide data on how housing and homelessness funding is spent in an effort to determine why homelessness is on the rise. more

14^th November 2012     WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO ON HOMELESSNESS
by Toby Hall - The Drum Opinion

Despite the unprecedented level of funding, the number of homeless Australians remains on the rise. We've got a long way to go, writes Toby Hall. more

14^th November 2012     HOUSING RISE TO OFFSET MINING FALL
by Clancy Yeates, Georgia Wilkins - Business Day

THE Reserve Bank has delivered the ailing residential building sector a ray of hope, saying a rebound in housing investment is likely to offset some of the weakness caused by the looming peak in spending by miners. more

14^th November 2012     ONUS NOW ON STATES TO MEET O'CONNOR'S HOMELESSNESS CHALLENGE
by National Shelter

National housing peak National Shelter welcomes Minister O’Connor’s commitment to continue the National Partnership Agreement on homelessness for the next year. more

13^th November 2012     HOMELESS NUMBERS SURGE DESPITE PLEDGE
by Rachel Browne - The Age

AN AMBITIOUS pledge to halve homelessness by 2020, launched by the Rudd government, is failing to reach its target. more

13^th November 2012     EMERGENCY RELIEF AT SATURATION POINT
by Pro Bono News Australia

Emergency relief organisations are at saturation point trying to provide housing support for hundreds of thousands of Victorians, according to new research. more

13^th November 2012     NUMBERS BELIE ALPO WAR ON HOMELESSNESS
by Patricia Karvelas - The Australian

THE number of homeless people in Australia has increased by 8 per cent in the five years to 2011, damaging Labor's claim it will still meet its ambitious promise to halve homelessness by 2020. more

13^th November 2012     PROTESTERS CAMP OUTSIDE ADELAIDE TOWN HALL OVER CITY COUNCIL'S PLAN TO EVICT CAMPERS FROM PARKS
by Tim Williams - The Herald Sun

ABORIGINAL-RIGHTS campaigners plan to camp in tents beneath the arches of Adelaide Town Hall tonight to protest against city council's push to evict campers. more

13^th November 2012     HOMELESS FIGURES A WAKE-UP CALL FOR ACTION
by Pro Bono News Australia

The Not for Profit sector has expressed alarm at the latest national homelessness figures describing them as a wake up call for urgent action. more

13^th November 2012     NFPS TO BE IN ROYAL COMMISSION SPOTLIGHT
by Pro Bono News Australia

Not for Profits are to be included in the broad scope of the Royal Commission into child sexual abuse in Australia. more