Clean business or strange business?
An article published in MONASH, a publication of Monash University, links improvements in sanitation to marketing.
Government
Introducing Edgar Mora Altamirano, Mayor of Curridabat, Costa Rica
Mayor Edgar Mora Altamirano has for 8 years actively sought to engage citizens in the development of the the city, concentrating on detail and the fine grain usually missed by urban planning.
ONE year old today - Housing for Health - the Guide
Today is the first anniversary of the online release of Housing for Health - the Guide
Housing quality in South Africa
Similar words have been used to describe work completed on Indigenous housing upgrades around Australia over the last 5-6 years but here they come from South Africa.
Waste and change: a return to the 1980s?
Linking wasted resources and a movie proving the failure to deliver improvement in an Indigenous community may be the first sign of a new policy direction from the Australian Governement.
Insane spending indeed
The Australian notes that 'Warren Mundine is angry that critics have remained silent about wasted money in the nation’s remote housing program.'
Illustration source: Sturt Krygsman for The Australian
New South Wales plumbing pilot program
Do we need another pilot program to show that working plumbing is important to Aboriginal people?
Asbestos fibres and the impact of the new public housing model
A note from Central Australia highlights not just asbestos risks but how these risks have increased with the change in the control of Indigenous housing.
High hopes for "the indigenous dozen"
A story in the weekend Australian newspaper (23/11/13) notes 'Tony Abbott picks industry leaders for 'the indigenous dozen''
Rumours of a 'new' National Indigenous Housing Guide?
At the recent environmental health conference in Adelaide National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Environmental Health Conference, 12-15 Nov 2013, Adelaide a very interesting discussion about a new edition of the National Indigenous...
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