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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
Homeless shelter shuts, residents sent to outback town
The controversal closure of a city's largest homeless shelter has led to dozens...
Lloyd Jones (AAP) 12 Oct 2026
Protest planned over NT Government’s decision to close homeless shelter
The closure of Darwin's largest homeless shelter continues to cause anger, with...
Dechlan Brennan 6 Oct 2026
NT rejects Commonwealth deal to save homeless shelter as families face eviction
The Northern Territory Government has seemingly rejected a Commonwealth offer to...
Dechlan Brennan 31 Aug 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 at risk of homelessness after the shock closure of an Aboriginal corporation's shelter.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 15, 2026
Cultural competence must be at the core of management to tackle homelessness

Among the hundreds of Indigenous leaders and experts who gathered in Adelaide on Kaurna Country last week for the National First Nations Housing & Homelessness Forum was Patricia Cotton, chief exe...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Sep 15, 2025
Grim new stats reveal homelessness crisis in regional WA

Grim new statistics reveal that regional Western Australia is experiencing a homelessness crisis of unprecedented proportions with nearly half of all Specialist Homelessness Services clients coming fr...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 4, 2025
Experts call for Aboriginal homelessness target as rates in Victoria soar

First Nations homelessness in Victoria is twice that of the national average, new data has revealed. The specialist homelessness services annual report 2023–24 from the Australian Institute of H...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Dec 11, 2024
Charity status boosts First Nations business i24s' efforts to tackle homelessness

A Western Australian First Nations business will be able to boost its services to tackle homelessness after registering as a charity organisation.

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Brendan Foster Nov 2, 2024
Homelessness Australia calls for First Nations Housing and Homelessness Plan as new report reveals "harsh reality"

Homelessness Australia has called for a dedicated First Nations Housing and Homelessness Plan to address the issues driving over-representation of Indigenous children and families among Australia's ho...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 5, 2024
Indigenous homelessness centre to open in Melbourne CBD

Specialist homelessness services for Indigenous Victorians will soon be available in the heart of Melbourne, with many seeking help from the increasingly unaffordable private rental market.

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Rachael Ward Jul 3, 2024
Victoria's Indigenous homeless rate would be a "humanitarian crisis" if applied across the state

The Victorian housing minister has told the Yoorrook Justice Commission that the scale of the help offered by the government has been inadequate to tackle the significant issue of housing and homeless...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jun 24, 2024
NT Shelter praises federal funding boost for housing and homelessness in the Territory

NT Shelter, the Territory's Peak body for affordable housing and homelessness, has welcomed the federal budget's more than doubling of funding for housing and homelessness via a new $9.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 15, 2024
Peak body renews call for more funding to combat Indigenous homelessness in Victoria

The peak body for Aboriginal housing in Victoria has welcomed the $15 million invested to combat Indigenous homelessness in this week's state budget, but argued more funding is urgently needed to prev...

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan May 10, 2024
Compassion, collaboration & commitment needed to end NT homelessness

The Northern Territory holds the dubious distinction of having the highest rate of homelessness in Australia. With 11 per cent of all homeless people in Australia living in the NT, it's no exaggeratio...

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Jocelyn Cull Apr 16, 2024
Noelene Garlett, homelessness activist who stood up for the vulnerable, passes away

Noelene Garlett, a Noongar champion who stood up for the rights of homeless people, passed away earlier this month aged 62, having recently suffered from a stroke.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Apr 15, 2024
WA eviction suicides spark call for public housing reform

Veteran housing advocates in Western Australia have called for an end to the use of "no reason" fixed term tenancy evictions from public housing in WA after revelations of suicide deaths of young Abor...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Feb 9, 2024
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