Human Rights and the Federal Budget
By Right NowAspects of the Federal Budget 2020-2021 have raised serious concerns for human rights in Australia. The following is a short overview of Right Now’s initial views on the budget.
Tag Archives: housing
Life on the Margins: a review of Blue Lake
By Liam FallonIn Blue Lake, David Sornig writes about the vulnerability and resilience of a forgotten area of Melbourne, and the people who inhabit it.
David
By Andy JacksonPoet Andy Jackson writes about bodily difference and in his latest collection he explores Marfan Syndrome through a series of portraits.
Death Trap Tower
By Mark MarusicMark Marusic reflects on the Grenfell Tower fire in this poem Death Trap Tower.
City of Sirens
By Saoirse NashPerformance poet Saoirse Nash reflects on inequality and housing affordability in her latest piece, City of Sirens.
Housing: always was and always will be a human right
By Lucy WhyteHousing affordability in Australia is reaching crisis point.
Reading between the lines
By Alexandra HurleyThe Footpath Library has been making books more accessible to the homeless for a decade. Alexandra Hurley spoke to founder Sarah Garnett.
Eviction in times of crisis: welcome to the void
By Chris PoveyAustralia suffers from a widespread housing crisis. While there are multiple dimensions to our national housing disaster, putting a brake on evictions should be our first priority. Chris Povey with more.
Homelessness and Voting
By Heidi PettFor Australians experiencing homelessness there are innumerable barriers to exercising the right to vote. Heidi Pett looks at the right to vote without an address.
A House is Just a Home
By Carlynne NunnWhat is a house? What is a home? Ben and Tracey, once homeless, are now in possession of their own homes. But a home is just one tiny part of what they need, writes Carlynne Nunn.