‘Remote towns dare to dream’
September 23rd, 2012
The way the problems are being revealed looks a lot like it did when HH started work in 1985 in the top of South Australia. One big difference is that…
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Christian Tietz’s ‘health hardware’ win
September 21st, 2012
“Inappropriate design of basic housing and health hardware has contributed to poor health and environmental outcomes for Indigenous communities. As a designer for over 20 years, and now a PhD…
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Who are you going to call?
September 19th, 2012
It is good to know who is making the decisions at the highest level about how Indigenous people’s lives are conducted …. How housing is designed, constructed and maintained… how…
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The washing machine debate
September 17th, 2012
Recent debate about the provision (or not) of washing machines in Indigenous ’public housing’ needs careful consideration. Are washing machines white goods, provided by tenants or are they essential health hardware that…
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Amnesty and the working shower
September 17th, 2012
When a serious group like Amnesty International Australia takes on the shower issue, one that is seen as very important by HH, then you know this issue is being taken…
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More thanks … to the makers of the exhibition in Venice
August 26th, 2012
HH thanks many, many people for their effort skill and patience… In the home paddock ….. Adriano Pupilli, Heleana Genaus for ongoing and consistent effort David Bartolo for inspirational use of…
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Thanks to all – noted in advance
August 26th, 2012
The overall title for the Australian exhibition is FORMATIONS and this aptly describes all those who for 27 years have worked to improve the living conditions and health of Indigenous…
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Setting up in Venice
August 24th, 2012
“From little things big things grow” as the song goes is a good description of how the task feels…..we are still at the small stage. From data logger set up,…
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Housing for Health Roundtable London
August 22nd, 2012
Viv Mason, of the Building Research Establishment set the current scene in the UK and Ian Watson of the Liverpool City Council, described a successful project the Health Homes Programme…
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NT housing accounts ‘a shambles’
August 21st, 2012
The North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency (NAAJA) is doing a good job of raising the issues of poor housing management and maintenance. PRISCILLA COLLINS, CEO, NAAJA: When we went to…
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NT housing, chook-sheds and rent money
August 21st, 2012
THANKS TO THE AUSTRALIAN FOR THE FOLLOWING STORY Mr Mulladad said the payments of $54 a fortnight were deducted automatically by Centrelink from his welfare payments and that no one…
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Into the toilet with Bill Gates
August 15th, 2012
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says 2.6 billion people still don’t have a safe “affordable way to poop”. Speaking to Times of India newspaper on Thursday, Gates said the…
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