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Housing equality – a better future for all Australians

Mark Steinert, Monday, 2nd August 2021 - Mark Steinert, the recently retired managing director of Australia’s largest residential developer Stockland, shares his thoughts on the role the private sector has to play in …

‘Active participants in the home building sector have a role to play in the solutions’

Mario Biasin, Monday, 7th June 2021 - Mario Biasin, co-founder of Australia’s largest builder Metricon Homes, reflects on the importance of a home in giving people a sense of belonging and considers how the construction…

State budgets, helping the community get the jab and Queensland’s housing crisis

Contributor, Monday, 31st May 2021 - All the latest news from the Councils of Social Service of Australia.

ACOSS

This week, ACOSS released a post-budget gender analysis examining the impact of the federal budget on …

Reconciliation Week is everybody’s business

Andrew Cairns, Thursday, 27th May 2021 - Organisations must think beyond cultural competence as a compliance exercise and more of a moral obligation, writes Haven Home Safe CEO Andrew Cairns, reflecting on the need to make…

A welcome investment in the care economy… but many left behind

Wendy Williams, Wednesday, 12th May 2021 - After years of austerity, a pandemic and a recession, the 2021 federal budget has provided much-welcomed, and much-needed, investment in the care economy. But advocates warn many…

Only accessible housing will meet the needs of an ageing population

Di Winkler, Wednesday, 28th April 2021 - This Friday, Australia’s Building Ministers will choose whether accessibility standards will be voluntary or mandatory in the 2022 National Construction Code. Di Winkler and …

Landmark Victorian Inquiry into Homelessness report: What’s in it for young people?

David Mackenzie, Friday, 5th March 2021 - The Victorian Inquiry into Homelessness report was submitted to Parliament with over 50 recommendations. Associate Professor David Mackenzie and Dr Tammy Hand, who head up the …

Specialist disability accommodation – Pipeline of supply

Di Winkler, Thursday, 14th January 2021 - People with high or complex disability support needs have traditionally had extremely limited options when it comes to finding somewhere to live. The growing specialist disability…

Fall in rents not enough to address housing affordability crisis

Bruce Argyle, Tuesday, 15th December 2020 - It’s clear from the Rental Affordability Index that JobSeeker recipients are suffering rental stress despite falling rents and an increase in the JobSeeker payment. Around the…

‘The worst is yet to come’: Growing number of Indigenous women seeking homelessness support

Luke Michael, Monday, 14th December 2020 - New data shows the rate of Aboriginal Victorians seeking homelessness support is growing twice as fast as the rate for non-Indigenous people Family violence services…

State budgets, a social housing construction blitz, and 16 days to end gender-based violence

Contributor, Wednesday, 18th November 2020 - All the latest news from the Councils of Social Service of Australia.

ACOSS

ACOSS pays tribute to the determination of all who campaigned and challenged their unlawful debts via …

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