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Hundreds face uncertainty as NT Government orders homelessness service to wind down
More than 300 vulnerable people, including almost 90 children, who are currently...
Dechlan Brennan 28 Jul 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
NT homelessness service shutdown 'difficult to reconcile' with Closing the Gap commitments
The proposed closure of the Northern Territory's largest supported homelessness...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Jul 2026
Closure of Darwin Aboriginal shelter sparks homelessness fears
There are fears hundreds of vulnerable people in the Northern Territory will be...
Dechlan Brennan 15 Jul 2026
Indigenous housing progress staring into funding abyss
Urgently needed long-term funding to address the housing crisis in remote Aborig...
Abe Maddison (AAP) 6 Jul 2026
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
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
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency urges 'meaningful action' on 'systemic failures' putting NT children at risk

The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency has urged the Commonwealth and Northern Territory governments to take "meaningful action on the systemic failures that continue to put Aboriginal childre...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 7, 2026
NT Indigenous Business Network's Budget response urges greater focus on Aboriginal economic development

The Northern Territory Indigenous Business Network has responded to the NT Budget with a call to position Aboriginal businesses at the centre of the Territory's economic growth.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 5, 2026
Darkinjung Land Council celebrates new housing for Elders, but fears law changes could stop similar projects in the future

In a housing crisis, new Elders' accommodation on the NSW Central Coast is about giving something back to "our old people who have paved the way for us", the local Land Council says.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross May 5, 2026
Homeless 61-year-old Indigenous woman with cancer told it will be years before permanent housing is available for her

Tania Narrier is 61-years-old, with stage four cancer, is homeless and has been told by the WA Government no permanent housing will be available to her for years to come.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross May 4, 2026
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