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, 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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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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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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A new northern office for Healthabitat?
August 11th, 2012
HH will save on office space, the humble scale of the office indicating our tentative start in the north, and spend more money on an essential form of transport in…
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Energy costs, hard problems and initiatives
August 11th, 2012
From an Australian perspective it is hard to imagine the combination of factors confronting building design, construction and health in the polar region. Alaska has a width equal to the…
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The Cold Climate Housing Research Centre, Fairbanks Alaska
August 11th, 2012
The Cold Climate Housing Research Center (CCHRC) is an industry-based, nonprofit corporation created to facilitate the development, use, and testing of energy-efficient, durable, healthy, and cost-effective building technologies for people…
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NT Indigenous Housing problems
August 1st, 2012
The Northern Territory Government says it is trying to resolve a dispute that has seen work on an Aboriginal housing program in Alice Springs come to a standstill. More than…
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Venice Architectural Biennale preview
July 27th, 2012
An interactive display capturing a broad range of live data from the Australian pavilion and surrounding pavilions in Venice as well as from a central desert house in Australia. The…
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NEW!! Test your own shower
July 15th, 2012
Why do only 35% of houses tested around Australia have a working shower? For many years Healthabitat has been told the tests are too tough and that’s why the showers…
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