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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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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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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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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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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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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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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April 12th, 2013
HH HAS COMMENTED BELOW IN CAPS $500,000 to build laundromats SARAH MARTIN From: The Australian April 12, 2013 THE federal government has allocated $500,000 to build laundromats in two communities…
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March 26th, 2013
Housing failure to trigger penalties BY:AMOS AIKMAN From: The Australian March 25, 2013 ALMOST one house a day will need to be built between now and the end of June…
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March 21st, 2013
A friend of HH pointed out the story filed by Margaret Paul for ABC News on Wednesday, March 20th, 2013. This issue links strongly to Healthy Living Practice 8 and we wonder why…
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March 20th, 2013
HH hopes the eminently qualified architect takes a few minutes off from the task of improving the NT’s cities (Darwin, Alice Springs and Yulara) to address the day to day…
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March 14th, 2013
A joint task force established by COAG, (Coalition Of Average Guesswork) has devised a low tech, low cost hot water solution (shown below). . . . . It could be…
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