December 2nd, 2022
An archive highlight from 2010 showing the ongoing pursuit of finding the best possible taps to specify in housing. Project data shows that taps are performing poorly. Poorly performing taps…
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November 18th, 2022
‘Healthy Homes for Renters’ project is attempting to build political support for minimum energy efficient standards for rental properties. Better Renting is calling on governments to implement minimum energy efficiency…
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October 21st, 2022
Housing for Health projects are strengthened by the support and knowledge of Environment Health staff. While Environmental health workers are on Housing for Health projects as team leaders…
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October 15th, 2022
The 2022 theme is ‘Unite for Universal Hand Hygiene‘. At current rates of progress, the world will only reach 78% coverage in 2030, leaving 1.9 billion people without basic hand…
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September 16th, 2022
NT Shelter interviews Dr Simon Quilty as a part of Homelessness Week 2022 (1-7 Aug). With over 20 years working in remote medicine in the NT, Dr Quilty regularly experiences…
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September 2nd, 2022
Australian State and Territory Building Ministers agreed last week to improve the energy efficiency requirements of new homes. The NT however, a region with arguably Australia’s most extreme climate has…
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August 19th, 2022
A highlight from the archives 2009-11- ‘Stove Function – finding a better solution’ Housing for Health survey data shows stoves are performing poorly in Indigenous communities nationally with an average…
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August 5th, 2022
The NSW Government’s Washing Machine Replacement Trial with social housing tenants until 30th September 2022 has sparked our interest to resurface the Washing Machine and Laundry design discussion. Washing Clothes…
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July 22nd, 2022
Recent radio segment discusses the negative affects of cold homes on people. Professor Emma Baker, head of the Australian Centre for Housing Research at the University of Adelaide is collecting…
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June 10th, 2022
The beginning of the second NT project for 2022 in Aputula (Finke) was a success! This Housing for Health Project is supported by Nganampa Health and in direct collaboration with…
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June 3rd, 2022
‘Be Brave. Make Change’ is a challenge to all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures and achievements, and strengthen respectful relationships. The National Agreement on Closing the Gap sets…
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May 17th, 2022
Global Handwashing Partnership for the past 10 years has collated the latest hand hygiene research through an annual research summary. They have just released their latest summary, revealing important data…
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