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Government-built homes aim to ease pressure on overcrowded NT households
Fourteen new homes have been handed over to tenants in Arnhem Land, bringing the...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Oct 2026
Aboriginal tenant Joanne Jacobs wins key legal battle over housing rights
In a landmark decision on Friday, the Supreme Court of Western Australia found f...
Giovanni Torre 9 Oct 2026
'Broken by design' - Kimberley report calls for the end of centralised housing maintenance model
A new report from Kimberley Community Legal Services following a year long surve...
Giovanni Torre 17 Sep 2026
Accessing housing 'the exception' at present: VACCA warns of disproportionate barriers for kids leaving care
First Nations Victorians represent around one per cent of the state's population...
Jarred Cross 4 Aug 2026
Overcrowded housing linked to Northern Territory diphtheria outbreak, researchers say
A diphtheria outbreak has swept through the Northern Territory, infecting 131 pe...
Natasha Clark 27 Jul 2026
Housing Innovation boost to see 100% Indigenous-owned Kimberley Manufacturing deliver homes and jobs in WA's north

100 per cent Indigenous-owned business Kimberley Manufacturing Pty Ltd has received a five million dollar Housing Innovation Fund grant from the WA government to boost affordable, energy efficient hom...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 25, 2026
NT Government the 'most racist' I've seen: Lidia Thorpe

Aboriginal people are "homeless on our own country", Senator Lidia Thorpe has told a housing conference in Darwin, as she labelled the current NT Government the "most racist" she has seen in her lifet...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 20, 2026
Aboriginal Housing and Homelands Conference to champion self-determined solutions

Housing in the Northern Territory is about more than roofs over people's heads; It is about dignity, justice, culture, health and the right for Aboriginal people to remain connected to Country.

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown May 15, 2026
First Nations leaders demand action on remote housing crisis

First Nations council leaders have renewed calls for the federal government to increase housing investment; warning overcrowding in remote communities is worsening and affecting health, education and...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler May 11, 2026
Legal experts slam NT government plan to strip tenants of right to be heard

NT Housing Minister Steve Edgington's plan to remove the right for tenants to have a say in the determination of rents is a "disingenuous" response to the High Court's December ruling, and undermines...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 4, 2026
Multi-million dollar grant to Indigenous organisation to boost key worker housing in Fitzroy Valley

The WA Government has announced a $5 million capital grant to support more key worker housing in the Kimberley. The grant awarded to Kimberley-based, Indigenous-led Leedal (via Tarunda Housing Pty Ltd...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 8, 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
New climate-smart, culturally safe home nears completion in Tennant Creek

Construction of Tennant Creek's first Explain Home is nearing completion; marking a major step forward for community-driven, climate-resilient housing in the Northern Territory.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Dec 11, 2025
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