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Law Enforcement No Solution to Homelessness – Report

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 5th August 2014 - Law enforcement is not the way to respond to public space issues and homelessness, says a recently released report out of Justice Connect’s Homeless Law program. The report…

Submissions Open for Vic Services Connect Trials

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 8th July 2014 - The Victorian Government has called for submissions from Not for Profits interested in taking part in the trials of the eight new Services Connect sites. According to the Government,…

Rooming House Reform ‘Confusion’ – Review

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 3rd July 2014 - A new report into the state of rooming house reform in Victoria has found widespread confusion about the roles of different regulatory bodies in relation to registration and regulation…

The Big Issue Achieves Milestone

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 10th June 2014 - Not for Profit street magazine, The Big Issue, is set to sell its nine millionth magazine across Australia – a milestone which will coincide with the enterprise’s 18th…

Calls for Sector-led Input on ‘Services Connect’

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 3rd June 2014 - The Victorian Government is expected to make a call out for submissions in the next two weeks to Not for Profits interested in taking part in the trials of its eight new Services Connect…

State of Sydney Report ‘Confronting’

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 8th May 2014 - A new report on the living conditions of people seeking emergency relief in Sydney and surrounding areas has been described as confronting by welfare agency Anglicare. The report…

Domestic Violence Services at Risk

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 6th March 2014 - Social service organisations have warned of the the potential shutdown of domestic violence services and other programs due to uncertainty surrounding the State and Federal Governments’…

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Impact Investment the Word on the STREAT

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 12th February 2014 - The site of a former brothel loaned to Melbourne social enterprise STREAT at five dollars per year for the next 50 years has enabled the youth homelessness organisation to build on …

Multi-million Dollar Plan to Tackle Homelessness

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 14th January 2014 - A Victorian homelessness peak body has called for the State Government to invest $54 million over four years to get rough sleepers off the street. In its pre-Budget submission, the…

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‘Homesick’ Doco Turns to Crowdfunding

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 24th October 2013 - Funding the final stages of a documentary around the controversial issues homelessness and moving from the chaos and violent world of rooming houses to find a place to call home is …

Gen Y and Woolgrowers Spread Awareness of Homelessness

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 22nd October 2013 - A NSW Woolgrowing family has has made a short film charting the extensive work being undertaken by Not for Profits tackling homelessness in Sydney as part of a ‘wool blanket’…

Skating on Thin Ice: Mental Illness & Homelessness

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 8th October 2013 - More work needs to be done to support people living with mental illness to sustain social housing tenancies, especially those relying on Centrelink payments, as the only alternative…

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