Insane spending indeed
June 10th, 2014
The Australian notes that ‘Warren Mundine is angry that critics have remained silent about wasted money in the nation’s remote housing program.’ His article in the Australian newspaper describes the…
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New South Wales plumbing pilot program
May 9th, 2014
Fair Trading Minister Stuart Ayres has welcomed the launch of a pilot program to provide annual Plumbing Health Checks for Aboriginal housing providers and their tenants living in rural and…
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Asbestos fibres and the impact of the new public housing model
March 3rd, 2014
A note sent to HH from Central Australia highlights not just asbestos risks, but how these risks have increased with the change in the control of Indigenous housing. For the…
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High hopes for “the indigenous dozen”
November 22nd, 2013
Patricia Karvelas writes in The Australian – “Tony Abbott has recruited 12 of the most powerful business and indigenous figures in the country to provide advice on Aboriginal economic reform, including…
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Rumours of a ‘new’ National Indigenous Housing Guide?
November 21st, 2013
A contract being awarded to the Centre for Appropriate Technology (CAT) to produce a new edition of the National Indigenous Housing Guide (the 4th?) was rumoured. CAT produced the National…
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And now, the assessment of Australia’s remote Indigenous housing program
November 8th, 2013
After many years of rolling out the $5.5 billion remote Indigenous housing program, (SIHIP being the Northern Territory part of the national program) the first assessment of what has been…
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A ‘new’ housing company scheme?
August 13th, 2013
The Federal Government have proposed an Aboriginal housing company scheme that aims ‘to close gap further’. Read on for HH comments on the scheme. Quotes from “Housing company scheme aims to…
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Back to the future: a time for change
July 10th, 2013
When Prime Minister the first time around, Kevin Rudd made a strong commitment to remote area Indigenous housing. Strangely, this went beyond increasing the money allocated by the previous Coalition…
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Right on target…but which target?
June 6th, 2013
Whilst reading this article, which sets out the great achievements National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing, consider the following: how firm was the target of 4,800 house upgrades if this has…
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National Energy Efficiency Program
May 16th, 2013
From the executive summary of the report: This report recommends the Government implements a national energy efficiency program for 3.5 million low-income households over the next 7 years we recognise that…
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Nepal and ‘open defecation free’ districts
May 12th, 2013
Let’s hope the numbers about almost 4,000 Village Development Committees being declared ODF (open defecation free) mean less human waste on the ground, better treatment of the waste so as…
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Stranger than fiction – moving forward in Indigenous housing (apologies to M. C. Escher)
April 29th, 2013
HH is offering a prize for the person who can translate the following paragraphs and forward them to our website. . . . . “Box 16.6 Dwelling condition ‘Dwelling condition’…
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