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Human rights safeguards sought after closure of NT homeless shelter
The Northern Territory Government must implement safeguards to ensure it meets i...
Dechlan Brennan 19 Oct 2026
NT Government will be to blame when homelessness numbers rise
The Northern Territory government will be to blame when there is an increase in...
Dechlan Brennan 19 Oct 2026
Shock closure of shelter leaves vulnerable in peril
The closure of YiSSA this week has laid bare the cruelty and callousness of this...
Malarndirri McCarthy 18 Oct 2026
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
‘Callous and heartless’: Homeless shelter closure will haunt NT Government for years
The Minister for Indigenous Australians has launched a scathing attack on member...
Dechlan Brennan 14 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 for the first time that public housing tenants across Western Australia have rights under health laws.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 9, 2026
NT Government rejected deal to keep shelter open because it was Aboriginal-run

The Minister for Indigenous Australians has openly said what Aboriginal organisations have been claiming for months: the Northern Territory Government did not want Darwin's largest homeless shelter to...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Oct 9, 2026
New homes for Homelands through self-determined investment

Six homes at Banatjarl, near Katherine, have been upgraded as part of a joint Australian and Northern Territory Government program to improve housing and essential infrastructure in remote communities...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 29, 2026
NT Government accused of ignoring Aboriginal organisations over YiSSA relocation

The Northern Territory Government "ignored calls to engage with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations" when it decided to move vulnerable people from Darwin's largest homeless shelter to a new...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 17, 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 survey of 166 public housing tenants has revealed widespread failures in the delivery of public housing maintenance across th...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 17, 2026
NT Government to move YiSSA residents from Darwin to Batchelor

The Northern Territory Government will move vulnerable people from Darwin's largest homeless shelter to a new transitional accommodation facility in Batchelor.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 16, 2026
Angurugu community on Groote Eylandt sees six new homes completed

Six new homes have been completed in Angurugu on Groote Eylandt as part of the joint $4 billion, 10-year remote housing program between the Australian and Northern Territory governments.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 14, 2026
Darwin shelter closure 'directly undermines’ homelessness strategy

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...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 7, 2026
More than 300 remote SA homes upgraded under $200m housing program

More than 300 homes across remote South Australia have received upgrades aimed at improving energy efficiency and climate resilience. On Sunday, the Federal and South Australian governments said 343 h...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 6, 2026
Aboriginal organisations condemn Finocchiaro's homeless shelter 'waste of money' comments

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...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 4, 2026
Mount Isa families face eviction as Aboriginal homes head to auction

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.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 4, 2026
Calls for agreement as homeless shelter closure threatens vulnerable Territorians

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.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Sep 1, 2026
NT rejects Commonwealth deal to save homeless shelter as families face eviction

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...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Aug 31, 2026
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