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Gambling and homelessness in older age: hidden and overlooked, but preventable
Image: Erik Mclea/UnsplashGambling and homelessness are clearly linked. Australians over 50 are particularly vulnerable. They have high rates of regular gambling, and are the fastest-growing age group of...
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400,000 women over 45 are at risk of homelessness in Australia
Picture: Shuttlestock
Older women have been recognised as the fastest-growing group of homeless people in Australia in recent years. Yet until now we have not known...
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Beds in car parks don’t solve Australia’s rough sleeping problem
A place to park the homeless for the night in a CBD car park
doesn’t solve the problem of homelessness. BedDown/Facebook A plan to provide...
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‘I didn’t want to be homeless with a baby’: young women share their stories of homelessness
People between the ages of 25 and 34 are the largest group of
woman who find themselves homeless. Oleg Golovnev/Shutterstock
Increasing numbers of women lack...
CITY OF PORT PHILLIP
Memorial to shine a light on homelessness on the longest night of the year
While the winter solstice marks the longest night of the year, every night is long for those experiencing homelessness, particularly in the bitterly cold...
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Carelessly linking crime to being homeless adds to the harmful stigma
Floral tributes form a makeshift memorial to Courtney Herron,
whose body was found in Royal Park, Melbourne, on Saturday. David Crosling/AAP
The news of Courtney...
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‘Just a piece of meat’: how homeless women have little choice but to use sex for survival
Homeless women are particularly vulnerable to
gendered violence. from shutterstock.com
Women comprise 42% of Australia’s homeless population. Not only do many women become homeless due to family violence,...
Homelessness: Australia’s shameful story of policy complacency and failure continues
Governments have all but abandoned the commitments
made a decade ago when Kevin Rudd launched a national campaign
to reduce homelessness. Dean Lewins/AAP
Exactly a...
More and more older Australians will be homeless unless we act now
A homeless man sleeping rough in the city.
More and more older people will be homeless on current trends.
One of the most pressing...
Family break-up raises homelessness risk, and critical period is longer for boys
Of those who have experienced homelessness,
62% cite family breakdown or conflict as the main reason for becoming homeless
for the first time.
Australia is...
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