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| UpdatedThe Gatwick in St Kilda has been operating as a rooming house since the 1950s. Now its future is uncertain as the building is up for sale.
Topics: homelessness, st-kilda-3182
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| UpdatedIn St Kilda in Melbourne's south-east, one family has run a boarding house since the 1950s. Now they are looking for a multi-millionaire buyer who is willing to keep it that way.
Topics: homelessness, community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, human-interest, st-kilda-3182
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| UpdatedThe Big Issue, the magazine known for its slogan "a hand up, not a hand out", celebrates 20 years of helping people across Australia.
Topics: homelessness, community-and-society, charities, charities-and-community-organisations, melbourne-3000, darwin-0800, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, brisbane-4000, australia
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A WA-based community services organisation says it is disappointed the Liberal Party has declined to participate in a roundtable discussion about homelessness later this month.
Topics: homelessness, political-parties, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA new drop-in centre for homeless people in Mackay will be open for anyone in the community, including those struggling with substance abuse.
Topics: homelessness, drugs-and-substance-abuse, programs-and-initiatives, federal-government, mackay-4740
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Some Indigenous people are living rough on Darwin's streets because they cannot get back home, according to the Northern Territory Government and an Aboriginal services provider.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, homelessness, government-and-politics, darwin-0800
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A hidden housing crisis at Broken Hill is leaving people with nowhere to sleep, according to a local disability support worker.
Topics: housing, homelessness, disabilities, regional, welfare, broken-hill-2880
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| UpdatedThe Federal Opposition pledges to provide $4 million, if elected, to prevent the closure of a clinic in inner Sydney that provides refuge to the homeless.
Topics: homelessness, drugs-and-substance-abuse, charities-and-community-organisations, health, darlinghurst-2010, sydney-2000
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Topics: regional, homelessness, lismore-2480
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| UpdatedA family of six in the northern New South Wales city of Lismore is without a permanent home after failing to secure one of the 100 rental properties they inspected.
Topics: homelessness, small-business, local-government, regional, lismore-2480, ballina-2478, alstonville-2477
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Topics: homelessness, albany-6330
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Two homeless men in Albany describe what it is like to live on the street during winter.
Topics: homelessness, albany-6330
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Coffee is proving to be a life-changing beverage for some of far north Queensland's unemployed and homeless population.
Topics: food-and-beverage, unemployment, homelessness, work, adult-education, cairns-4870
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Topics: food-and-beverage, unemployment, homelessness, work, adult-education, cairns-4870
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Topics: food-and-beverage, unemployment, homelessness, work, adult-education, cairns-4870
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Topics: food-and-beverage, unemployment, homelessness, work, adult-education, cairns-4870
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A group of homeless protesters call for more shelter in Melbourne's CBD after what they say has been negative media coverage portraying homeless people as violent.
Topics: homelessness, community-and-society, melbourne-3000
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Melbourne's Lord Mayor Robert Doyle says people living on the streets in the city's CBD need to be connected with welfare services, after complaints some beggars are becoming aggressive towards passers-by.
Topics: homelessness, community-and-society, local-government, melbourne-3000
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A two-year delay to much-needed public housing developments in Victoria leads to a blame game between the State Government and Opposition over who is responsible for the hold up.
Topics: states-and-territories, housing, homelessness, vic
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Crisis support workers call for funding certainty beyond 2017 for a homelessness program to ensure those at risk, including family violence victims, are not left without support.
Topics: budget, homelessness, federal-government, domestic-violence, nsw
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| UpdatedYouth crisis refuges will soon be staffed around the clock in a bid to help people under the age of 24 get back on their feet.
Topics: youth, homelessness, budget, federal---state-issues, newcastle-2300
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The Young Australians of the Year have been shocked to discover how many people sleep rough in Canberra, the location of their latest Orange Sky Laundry service.
Topics: homelessness, charities-and-community-organisations, volunteers, human-interest, canberra-2600
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Topics: homelessness, volunteers, charities-and-community-organisations, canberra-2600
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Topics: homelessness, charities-and-community-organisations, canberra-2600
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Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, homelessness, canberra-2600