Homelessness: what are the solutions?
By Christine Kent In August 2017, after years of denial, I finally acknowledged my own homelessness. I came out of the closet in the most […]
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Welfare Bashing the NEETS: The new team in the sport of welfare bashing
For those who see themselves as a class above the unemployed, specialised welfare bashing is the new team sport.
If Malcolm was a Homeless Youth
Today, I take a crystal ball view at the tautological, verbose, pontificated lectures Malcolm Turnbull would bestow upon us, if he was, (by way of innovative technology of course), somehow transformed into a homeless youth.
Australia versus USA on social housing – how do we compare?
By Dr Heather Holst On a recent trip to the USA I was struck by the progress being made nationally to solve the homelessness crisis. […]
With all that is wrong with Australia, all we hear about is boats
I truly detest how this country is treating asylum seekers and I detest the policies of both the Coalition and Labor – none of which […]
Home, home on the range
On August 4th, Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrews launched 2014 Homeless Persons Week where he “reinforced the Coalition’s commitment to help those without safe […]
My kids are ok, yours can go beg.
When I hear Joe Hockey say, with trembling lip, that he refuses to saddle his children with the nation’s debt, my hypocrisy radar maxes out. […]
Tony Abbott is a Good Man
Someone was telling me that the Coalition Government is being run like the Catholic Church. It’s men in all the important positions. Abbott is like […]