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Remote housing agreement allegedly behind schedule amidst claims the NT wants to renegotiate
The Minister for Indigenous Australians says the Northern Territory Government s...
Dechlan Brennan 14 Aug 2026
Noongar family listed for 'priority transfer' to new home after alleged threats from neighbour
Western Australia's Department of Housing and Works says it has listed a young N...
Giovanni Torre 12 Aug 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
Gnaala Karla Booja Aboriginal Corporation, Accordwest formalise partnership to support South West communities
Gnaala Karla Booja Aboriginal Corporation and Accordwest have signed a Memorandu...
Giovanni Torre 3 Aug 2026
Hundreds face uncertainty as NT Government orders homelessness service to wind down

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...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 28, 2026
Overcrowded housing linked to Northern Territory diphtheria outbreak, researchers say

A diphtheria outbreak has swept through the Northern Territory, infecting 131 people and likely claiming one life. Researchers say overcrowded homes and poor skin health are fuelling the spread.

Natasha Clark Natasha Clark Jul 27, 2026
NT homelessness service shutdown 'difficult to reconcile' with Closing the Gap commitments

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...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 17, 2026
Closure of Darwin Aboriginal shelter sparks homelessness fears

There are fears hundreds of vulnerable people in the Northern Territory will be at risk of homelessness after the shock closure of an Aboriginal corporation's shelter.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 15, 2026
Indigenous housing progress staring into funding abyss

Urgently needed long-term funding to address the housing crisis in remote Aboriginal communities will be vital if Australia is to hold off abject and worsening First Nations poverty.

Mount Isa Indigenous housing faces auction over unpaid debts as locals face homelessness

After Mount Isa's only Indigenous social housing provider accumulated almost $1 million in unpaid rates, resulting in 25 properties being placed up for auction, the federal government is facing scruti...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 25, 2026
Support 'desperately needed' for Aboriginal-led housing solutions as new data shows social housing failing to keep pace in WA

The Council of Aboriginal Services Western Australia has demanded urgent action on the state's housing crisis, with new data out Tuesday painting a grim picture for the most vulnerable communities fac...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 23, 2026
Homelands are the answer, says Yingiya Guyula

Independent Member for Mulka, Yingiya Guyula, has called for a major shift in the way governments approach Aboriginal housing, arguing that investment in homelands is critical to protecting culture, s...

Nicole Brown Nicole Brown Jun 2, 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
Kids 'living in abject poverty' amid NT housing crisis

Children are living in abject poverty amid an Aboriginal housing crisis following years of neglect, a conference has been told. The crisis in the Northern Territory was largely centred on remote commu...

L
Lloyd Jones May 20, 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
42 per cent of Indigenous survivors of domestic and family violence unable to access emergency accommodation

National data has exposed deep inequities in access to support for victim-survivors of family and domestic violence, highlighting the disproportionate impact on First Nations communities, and how many...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 13, 2026
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