April 9th, 2026
Western Australia’s Aboriginal Environmental Health Model of Care, published in February 2025 by the Aboriginal Health Council of WA and WA Department of Health, explicitly embeds Healthabitat’s Nine Healthy Living…
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March 26th, 2026
Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment, released September 2025, identifies infrastructure and built environment risks as high to very high by 2050. The assessment involved over 250 climate experts and…
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March 12th, 2026
A Medical Journal of Australia study has put a dollar figure on the well established fact: poor housing makes people sick, and fixing it saves money. Environmental risk factors—primarily water…
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February 26th, 2026
The second edition of Australia’s National Healthy Skin Guideline, endorsed by peak medical bodies including the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases, has explicitly positioned…
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February 12th, 2026
The “Ending Rheumatic Heart Disease: Queensland First Nations Strategy 2021–2024” report on heart disease (RHD) notifications in Queensland shows they have fallen by 30% in the past year, with acute…
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December 18th, 2025
With your support, 2025 has delivered more positive impact — more houses fixed, more local jobs, and stronger outcomes for communities. Our advocacy, research and training work has also continued…
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December 18th, 2025
Dan & Emily reflect on their experience volunteering for 4 weeks across 3 projects in the NT. Their invaluable backgrounds in health, architecture and construction were put to the test….
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November 20th, 2025
Designing for the Climate We Have (and the One We’re Getting) Heat is Australia’s deadliest natural hazard, and as temperatures rise, the challenge of keeping our communities safe and healthy…
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November 6th, 2025
Governments service their fleet cars annually. Why don’t they do the same for a house? Every car in Australia needs a rego check. It’s simple: if you don’t service your…
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October 23rd, 2025
HH Director speaks at Mparntwe Conference Over three days, 11–13 September 2025, 90 people gathered in Alice Springs (Mparntwe) to attend Mparntwe: When You Come to Another Country, a conference…
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October 9th, 2025
APY Lands energy efficient retrofit pilot – Year 1 annual impact report released Within the first year of the project, the team have assessed the thermal and energy performance of…
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September 1st, 2025
Rheumatic Heart Disease – A Preventable Killer Linked to Housing Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) is one of the leading causes of early death for young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
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