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.
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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...
And now, the assessment of Australia's remote Indigenous housing program
After many years of rolling out the $5.5 billion remote Indigenous housing program, the first assessment of what has been delivered has been released.
A 'new' housing company scheme?
The Federal Government have proposed an Aboriginal housing company scheme that aims 'to close the gap further'.
Back to the future: a time for change
When Prime Minister the first time around, Kevin Rudd made a strong commitment to remote area Indigenous housing.
National Energy Efficiency Program
KPMG were engaged by the Brotherhood of St Laurence and in conjunction with Ecos Corporation conducted a study into the possible impacts of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) on low-income households.
Nepal and 'open defecation free' districts
Despite all the stated toilet building numbers, Nepal lags behind on safe drinking water and sanitation.
Stranger than fiction - moving forward in Indigenous housing (apologies to M. C. Escher)
The Report on Government Services 2013: Indigenous Compendium is a barrel of laughs ...unless you speak any rough form of English or are an Indigenous person and live in an house managed by a state or territory government.
Throwing the baby out with the washing machine?
Hard to know where to begin commenting on the article in The Australian. It does a great job of confusing cost, numbers of people an assortment of products and mixing them up in a soup of outrage and total confusion.