Some Reflections on thethe SAAPSAAP andand Homelessness in PARITYAustralia Slums and Land All Our Days Defining and Defying thethe ImageImage ofof CampCamp Pell The Origins and Development of the Australian Women’s Refuge Movement Why I Work withwith thethe Elderly Homeless The Freedom to Sleep: A History from thethe LongLong GrassGrass inin Darwin, Northern Territory The Bigger Picture: Australian Homelessness Legal Advocacy South Australian Housing Policy:Policy: Retrospective/Prosp ective. From ‘Vagrant’ to ‘Nuisance’:‘Nuisance’: 200200 YearsYears of Public Space Law InIn QueenslandQueensland Whatever Happened toto thethe Revolution?Revolution? …… Activism and the Early Days of Youth Refuges inin NSW History of Response toto HomelessnessHomelessness The NSW Women’s Refuge Movement Talking like a Toora Woman: the herstory of a single women’s serviceservice Another Country: NOVEMBER 2006 Another Country: PrintPrint PostPost approvedapproved PP328866/0060PP328866/0060 ISSNISSN 1032-61701032-6170 ABNABN 20 005005 475475 007007 HistoriesHistories ofof HomelessnessHomelessness VOLUME 19 • ISSUE 10 PARITY · Volume 19,Volume · PARITY Issue 10 · November 2006 Council to Homeless Persons Chief Executive Officer: Deb Tsorbaris Policy Officer: David Wright-Howie Homelessness Advocacy Service: Co-ordinator: Annie Paliwal Contents Advocates: Michala Wright and Angela Kyriakopoulos Parity Editor: Noel Murray Editorial 3 Youth Policy Officer: Anna Forsyth Administration Officer: Joy Pagalos Some Reflections on the SAAP Address: 34 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, and Homelessness in Australia 4 Melbourne 3065 Phone: (03) 9419 8699 By Doug Limbrick, Fax: (03) 9419 7445 Director Performance, Reporting and Data, Housing and Disability Group, E-mail: [email protected] FaCSIA. 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February: As Much Right: Homeless Young People and their Future Whatever Happened to the Revolution? … Activism March: Health and Homelessness: and the Early Days of Youth Refuges in NSW 23 A Framework for the Future By Michael Coffey, Executive Officer April: Primary Homelessness Youth Accommodation Association of NSW (YAA) May: The Future of Women’s Housing June: Homeless Families: History of Response to Homelessness 26 New Responses to Homeless Families By Elena Rosenman, AFHO Policy Officer July: Enough is Enough: Rooming and Boarding Houses The NSW Women’s Refuge Movement 28 August: Homelessness Research By Catherine Gander, September: Mental Health Executive Officer NSW Women’s Refuge Resource Centre and Homelessness October: Responding to Homelessness Talking like a Toora Woman: in New Zealand November: Homelessness and the herstory of a single women’s service 30 Welfare Reform Elena Rosenman Expressions of interest in both contributing and sponsoring are welcome. Opinion 32 Note: The views and opinions expressed Heather Holst* in this edition are not necessarily shared by either CHP or sponsoring bodies. Another Country: Histories of Homelessness Subscription Form/Order Form 32 Editorial his is the last edition of Parity for 2006 perspectives arising from the contact with Tand so it is worthwhile reflecting on the November 2006 Conference) elderly achievements of this year and looking ahead homeless April: Primary homelessness to 2007. Next year will be Parity’s 20th men in night (including itinerancy, sleeping anniversary. This shows the continuing shelters rough and squatting) relevance of such a publication. The motivated him to dedicate his working life longevity of Parity says as much about the May: The Future of Women’s to improving the circumstances of elderly ongoing interest in homelessness, as it does Housing people experiencing homelessness while about the very fact that homelessness Tony Birch reminds us that the personal is June: Rooming Houses Revisited remains ever present, demonstrating an political. Other articles reflect on the history overall failure to address the structural July: Homeless Families: New of the SAAP program, developments in the causes of homelessness. Responses to Homeless Families women’s refuge movement, the provision of legal assistance for people who Parity is a national publication for discussion August: Homelessness research experience homelessness and charting the and understanding of the causes and (papers, perspectives arising significant involvement of those providing appropriate responses to homelessness. from Research seminar) assistance in advocating for change and Its success is evidenced by increasing September: Mental Health the development of the youth homelessness subscriptions. More than 800 organisations (current and emerging policy sector. I am confident you will find this edition and individuals now receive Parity. issue especially in light of COAG a useful resource. As a subscriber, in 2006 you would have plan on mental health) These articles demonstrate an improved received editions that spanned a diverse October: Homelessness in New understanding and appreciation of the issues and interesting range of issues: Zealand faced by people who are homeless and “Out in the Open: Public Space” reflects a gradual shift in Government policy. November: Homelessness and However, in most recent research Edition 19,Volume · PARITY Issue 10 · November 2006 Welfare Reform undertaken by Hanover Welfare Services Waking up to Homelessness: Many thanks to all involved with the Melbourne the cold hard facts remain that 3 National Conference Edition production of Parity. This includes the most members of the community do not contributors, subscribers, sponsors, artists, appreciate the nature and extent of EDITORIAL Guardianship and photographers, supporters and critics who homelessness and further to this, perceive Administration, Disability and together make Parity a very unique vulnerable people who experience Homelessness publication and resource for the sector. homelessness as at fault or to blame for Special thanks go to Joy Pagalos, the their circumstances. Perhaps we have not Working it Out: Employment, Council to Homeless Persons committed traveled that far at all. Unemployment and administration worker responsible for the Thank you for being a subscriber to Parity, Homelessness Parity mail out as well as organising forums. we look forward to continuing to bring you a high quality publication in 2007 that will Now to this month’s edition — a glimpse at On the Outer: Homelessness in assist and guide your individual and the history of homelessness in Australia. Outer Metropolitan Areas organisations efforts to eliminate Whilst all the articles are sensational, most homelessness. Vulnerable, At Risk, In Danger: poignant are the personal reflections on Supporting People with Complex homelessness. For example, Bryan Lipmann Deb Tsorbaris, Needs CEO of Wintringham writes on how his first CEO Council to Homeless Persons The Future of Homeless Support New Responses to Drugs, Alcohol and Homelessness Men in the Middle: Homeless Men in the 21st Century Another Country: Histories of Homelessness Over the last 2 to 3 years significant sponsorship has created the opportunity for bumper editions of Parity. This has provided a vehicle for a more comprehensive analysis of issues as well as contributing funding for the accompanying events. The Future Some of the themes for 2007 include: February: Youth Homelessness “As Much Right: Homeless Young People and their Future” March: Health and Homelessness (papers, PARITY · Volume 19,Volume · PARITY Issue 10 · November 2006 Some Reflections on the SAAP and Homelessness in Australia By Doug Limbrick, Director A study of homeless men by Jordan1