Tag: Housing

  • Girudala: high quality health care

    Girudala is an organisation that provides housing, health services and promotes the welfare of Aboriginal, Torres Strait & South Sea Islander people

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  • Housing rights

    There is no doubt that housing is linked to good health and where housing is safe and in good repair, residents are more likely to be healthy. Adequate housing is a basic human right and protected by international law. Invibe takes a look this month at some of your rights when it comes to housing […]

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  • Funding boost for WA housing

    Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin yesterday announced a $110 million cash injection to build and repair homes in remote West Australian Indigenous communities. The funding is part of the remote Indigenous housing national partnership announced last November and will go towards new houses, major upgrades and repairs to existing houses. Ms Macklin said it was […]

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  • No housing without jobs, says former Minister

    Housing should not be provided to remote Aboriginal communities where people are unable to pay rent or service a mortgage, according to former Labor Minister Gary Johns. Writing in a paper released today by the Menzies Research Centre, Dr Johns argues that money spent on remote community housing, while “generous and well-targeted”, has resulted in […]

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  • WA housing in need of urgent upgrades

    According to a government audit, Aboriginal housing in outback Western Australia is in need of a $540 million upgrade. The audit found that over 90 per cent of the 2,400 houses that were inspected in remote Aboriginal communities in WA required urgent upgrade work. The costs of the upgraded averages out at more than $225,000 […]

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  • New bill waters down Howard lease scheme

    A bill was passed in federal parliament yesterday that will water down the Howard Governments controversial 99-year lease scheme for Aboriginal communities. The lease scheme was introduced by the coalition in the hope it would stimulate economic development in Northern Territory townships. The Tiwi Island township of Ngui however was the only community to sign […]

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  • Protests mark intervention anniversary

    The first anniversary of the Northern Territory intervention has been marked by protest in nine Australian cities. Among the protests was a call for the Federal Government to invest $1 billion to help fix problems in Aboriginal communities, and for a new national Aboriginal advisory body to be established. In Canberra, representatives from the Aboriginal […]

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  • Patsy Doolan

    >Deadly Vibe Issue 73 March 2003 There are many Aboriginal organisations throughout Australia that understand and recognise the needs of their local communities and residents. They work hard to fulfil these needs and to produce a better living and working environment for their people. One such organisation is the Mildura Aboriginal Corporation and one of […]

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  • Total Fire Plan (Bush Fire)

    Bushfires are a fact of life in Australia ” are you prepared? Every summer we hear about bushfires threatening the homes and lives of people all over Australia. You may have even witnessed a bushfire before. If you live in an area that is at risk of bushfires, you need to be prepared, and have […]

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