Homeless
The Northern Territory Government will move vulnerable people from Darwin's largest homeless shelter to a new transitional accommodation facility in Batchelor.
The decriminalisation of begging in Victoria is "long awaited and much needed", legal advocates say. This week, an amendment by Legalise Cannabis MP Rachel Payne repealing the offence of begging and g...
A swathe of service providers from the Northern Territory have become the latest to call on the NT Government to negotiate with the Commonwealth to prevent the closure of Darwin's largest homeless she...
Comments from Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro that funding Darwin's largest homeless shelter would be a "waste of taxpayers' hard-earned money" have been condemned as "hurtful" by Ab...
The federal government must buy Aboriginal homes being put up for auction in Mount Isa, a federal politician says, as residents face the prospect of homelessness.
The future of Darwin's largest homeless shelter remains up in the air as the opposition leader has slammed the Northern Territory Government's "atrocious track record" when it comes to Aboriginal Terr...
An agreed model that supports the thousands of people experiencing homelessness in the Northern Territory is vital, advocates say, ahead of the imminent closure of Darwin's largest homeless shelter.
The death of an Aboriginal infant who died in Mparntwe / Alice Springs in 2024 was preventable, a coroner has found. The 42-day-old girl died from Sudden Unexpected Death of an Infant (SUDI) just one...
The Northern Territory Government has seemingly rejected a Commonwealth offer to split the cost of acquiring Darwin's largest homeless shelter, even as hundreds of vulnerable women and children face h...
The Minister for Indigenous Australians says the Northern Territory Government has yet to respond to a Commonwealth offer to split the cost of acquiring Darwin's largest homeless shelter, even as hund...
First Nations Victorians represent around one per cent of the state's population, but around 14 per cent of those accessing specialist homelessness services.
More than 300 vulnerable people, including almost 90 children, who are currently waiting for support in the Northern Territory will need to find alternative accommodation after the government ordered...
The proposed closure of the Northern Territory's largest supported homelessness accommodation program is difficult to reconcile with the government's Closing the Gap commitments, advocates say, with f...