With bars, without walls
By Chloe PotvinChloe Potvin sheds light on the housing challenges female Indigenous prisoners face post-release.
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Family violence is a homelessness issue
By Jessica SzwarcbordJessica Szwarcbord highlights the link between family violence and homelessness in the aim of reducing both.
Real change for Australia’s homeless requires more than good intentions
By Stephanie MurphyCurrently before the senate, the Homelessness Bill 2013 is the result of Kevin Rudd’s 2008 promise to halve the number of homeless Australians by 2020. The bill recognises the multifaceted nature of homelessness, writes Stephanie Murphy, but are these empty words?
More than just soup
By Sadami KonchiArtist Sadami Konchi captures the poignancy of a night spent volunteering with a soup van for homeless people.
Homelessness is more than rooflessness
By James FarrellIn this guest editorial, James Farrell introduces us to August’s theme of homelessness – which has reached crisis proportions in Australia.
AusAID’s failure of commitment to human rights in Cambodia
By Morgan MacdonaldThe Railway Rehabilitation Project in Cambodia seeks to improve economic development by reconnecting the country. AusAID provides 15 per cent of the funding. So far so good, but Morgan Macdonald asks, who’s responsible when the project leads to the violation of people’s land rights?
We all need a roof in the rain
By Tony BirchWhat does it say about Australia that 100,000 sleep rough every night? Tony Birch sheds some light on society’s invisible people.
Battered, Bruised and Scarred: Prisoners, Accommodation and Reintegration
By Nicki PetrouThis article is part of our February theme, which focuses on one of the great silences in the human rights conversation in Australia: Prisoners’ Rights. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. There was scarring covering her arms, her legs and some on her face. Her lips were swollen. Burns to her arms, possibly from […]
Family Violence and Homelessness in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
By Loren DaysThis article is part of our December theme, which focuses on one of the least appreciated but most fundamental aspects of well-being: housing. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. This month’s theme – homelessness – is one that affects all communities. One of the most common causes of homelessness in Australia is domestic and […]
Charting the Right Course – Using Human Rights to Prevent Homelessness in Victoria
By Lucy AdamsThis article is part of our December theme, which focuses on one of the least appreciated but most fundamental aspects of well-being: housing. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. As the only Australian State with human rights legislation, Victoria is in a strong position to assess the question of whether formal protection of […]
Australia Needs a Rights-based Federal Homelessness Act
By James FarrellThis article is part of our December theme, which focuses on one of the least appreciated but most fundamental aspects of well-being: housing. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. Background The Federal Government’s White Paper on Homelessness, The Road Home: A National Approach to Reducing Homelessness (White Paper), proposed the introduction of new […]
Book – Homelessness and the Law
By Ellena SavageThis article is part of our December theme, which focuses on one of the least appreciated but most fundamental aspects of well-being: housing. Read our Editorial for more on this theme. Relative to international standards, Australia’s economic and political freedoms rank highly. Our standard of living is generally satisfactory. A nation of just 22 million […]