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JASON NYKIEL In Brisbane’s West End is an apartment complex with a difference. Unlike the multitude of other new housing developments that seem to be filling the suburb’s streets, this complex has a special mission: To provide safe and affordable … [Read more...]
MICAELA ABOODY Brisbane Girl Guides have helped raise awareness of homelessness by sleeping in a cardboard "city" in Redland Bay on Saturday night. The event, dubbed Chain of Cardboard Cities, took place at PGL Kindilan Outdoor Education … [Read more...]
BY MONIQUE ST CLAIR St John’s Crisis Centre, Surfers Paradise, is about to undergo a massive re-development over January 2018, just in time for the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The Games are expected to see rental prices sky rocket on the Gold … [Read more...]
From the Thursday to Sunday Art From The Margins held its annual exhibition during the Brisbane Festival. This year marks the Wesley Mission initiative’s tenth year involved with the festival and the theme of the exhibition was “celebration”. Art … [Read more...]
LOTTEY WILLSHIRE 2017’s Homelessness Week focused on action through innovation as studies show Australian homelessness rates are rising. Last week’s nation-wide initiative raised awareness for Australians experiencing homelessness and aimed to … [Read more...]
ALEX CORBY The number of elderly women becoming homeless is rapidly increasing, it is now the fastest growing form of homelessness in our society. Homelessness in women over the age of 55 is on the rise, stress and abuse from separation … [Read more...]
TAYLOR TOOVEY The Brisbane City Council (BCC) 'Housing and homelessness' page of their website has been a source of speculation over whether the statistics accurately portray the number of homeless and insecurely housed in central Brisbane. The … [Read more...]
JAMIE MURRAY The Palaszczuk Government introduced a new funding and grants program worth $2 million, with the goal of encouraging new and innovative homelessness support services. The $2 million offered by the program is in addition to the … [Read more...]
SHAY LEDINGHAM Proposed legislative changes will help domestic and family violence sufferers remain in their homes, the state government says. The flagged amendments would make it mandatory for Magistrates to consider ‘ouster conditions’, … [Read more...]
