Wednesday 1 September 2010
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Pre-Conference Workshops
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Mezzanine Room 1
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Mezzanine Room 2
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Mezzanine Room 3
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9.00am
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FaHCSIA Workshop
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A Thousand Good Reasons: Early Intervention and Socially Excluded Young People Workshop
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Indigenous Workshop
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11.30am
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City of Port Philip
Homelessness Training in Local Government
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Research Workshop
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Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD)
Workshop
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2.00pm
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National Youth Coalition of Housing (NYCH
Workshop
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Council to Homeless Persons (CHPA) Workshop
Older Australians and homelessness
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WESNET Workshop
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5.30pm
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Welcome Reception - Sponsored by Telstra
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Thursday 2 September 2010
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Opening and Welcome
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8:30am
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Opening Address
The Hon Karen Struthers MP, Minister for Communities Services and Housing and Minister for Women, QLD
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Chairpersons Welcome
Narelle Clay AM, Chair, Homelessness Australia
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9:15am
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Keynote Addresses
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Elizabeth Harper, St Mungo's (UK)
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Marai LarasiImkaan (UK)
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10.00am
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Morning Tea
Sponsored by ACT Department of Disability, Housing and Community Services
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10.30am
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Panel Discussion: Current State of Play in Australia
Tony Nicholson, Adrian Pisarski, Shirley Slann, Julie Oberin, Maria Leebeek, Liz Fritz, Lynne Evans
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11.30am
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Panel Discussion: Workforce and Industry Issues - Towards 2020
Sally McManus, Cassandra Goldie, Talia Van Gils
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12.30pm
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Lunch
Sponsored by The Westpac Group
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Models of Service Delivery
Great Hall 1-2
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Health and Wellbeing
Great Hall 3
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Community Services Industry Issues
Great Hall 4
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Young People
Exhibition Hall 1.1
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Leaving Institutions
Exhibition Hall 1.2
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Lobbying and Advocacy
Exhibition Hall 1.3
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Pathways from Homelessness
Exhibition Hall 1.4
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1.30
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Staying Home Leaving Violence – A New Approach to Homelessness Prevention, Robyn Edwards, Social Policy Research Centre, NSW and Maria Kissouri, Staying Home Leaving Violence, NSW Department of Human Services, Community Service
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The Sum of Us - Our Journey Providing Homeless Healthcare, Sally Millinship, St Vincent's Hospital, NSW
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Accreditation of Indigenous Homelessness Services in Victoria: Challenges, Lessons and Outcomes, Dan Laws, Indigenous Homelessness Services Network, VIC and Ceno Biles, NSW
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Challenges to Accessing AOD Services for Homeless Service Clients - Greg Soames, Youth Off the Streets
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Prison the New Answer to Resolve Homelessness, Debbie Kilroy OAM, Sisters Inside, QLD
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Collaborative Homelessness Community Action Planning in Queensland, Tanya Hall, SAAP Network Coordinator, QLD
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Discussion by National peaks on pathways from homelessness
National Youth Coalition on Homelessness
Lindy Edwards, Women’s Emergency Network
Liz Fritz, Council for Homeless Persons Australia
Adrian Pisarski, National Shelter
Carol Croce, Community Housing Federation of Australia
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2.00
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Safe at Home in Victoria: Examining the First Six Months of Preventing Homelessness Among Women and Children Experiencing Family Violence, Alison Macdonald, Domestic Violence, VIC
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Transition Beds for Homeless People Presenting to Emergency Department, Meg Lewis, Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA
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Impact of Accreditation on a Small Agency, Karen Bentley, Annie North Inc
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Ladder – Tackling Youth Homelessness, Mark Bolton, Ladder, VIC
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Provision of Legal Services to People Exiting Institutions, Andrew Taylor, Legal Aid NSW, NSW
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Service Delivery Organisations as Agents of Change - Lessons from the ‘Call this a Home?’ Campaign, Gerald Frape, RMIT, VIC, Daniel Scoullar, HomeGround Services, VIC and Anne Tuohey, St Vincent de Paul Aged Care and Community Services, VIC
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2.30
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Chronically Homeless Women – A Critical International Investigation, Felicity Reynolds, Mercy Foundation, NSW
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How Understanding Change can Help us Eliminate Homelessness, Monique Joubert, St Bartholomew’s House Inc, WA
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Development of the National Quality Framework, Julie Steel, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs ACT
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The Inner City Youth at Risk Project – Working Together for Better Outcomes, Cindi Petersen, South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Health Service, NSW
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Reintegration - A Family Reunification Model, Dr Emily Schindeler, Queensland University of Technology, QLD
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We have to Stop Recreating them in Our Own Image – Good Practice in Homelessness Policy, Robyn Martin, Curtin University of Technology, WA and RMIT University, VIC
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3.00
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Afternoon Tea
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Models of Service Delivery
Great Hall 1 -2
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Rights and Justice
Great Hall 3
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Community Services Workforce
Great Hall 4
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Homelessness and Mainstream Delivery Services
Exhibition Hall 1.1
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Domestic and Family Violence
Exhibition Hall 1.2
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Education and Training
Exhibition Hall 1.3
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Home Options and Pathways to Employment (HOPE) Project Workshop
Exhibition Hall 1.4
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3.30
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City Slickers - Sydney Women’s Homelessness Alliance, Lara Sabbadin, Homelessness New South Wales, NSW
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Cultural Competence in Homeless Services, Policy Delusion Versus Entrenched Anglo Ethnocentrism in Funding, Reporting and Service Delivery Practices, Sibylle Kaczorek, National Ethnic Disability Alliance, NSW
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Australian Services Union Equal Remuneration Case, Sally McManus, Australian Services Union, NSW
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On the Road to Knowledge: Education and Training for the Non-Government Sector, Liz Fritz, Blair Athol Accommodation and Support Programme, QLD and Spencer Rorie, Queensland Health, QLD
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The Orana Far West Aboriginal Women’s Safe House Project, Virgean Wilson, Nhuugka Muurpa-Naara Maara-Ma Kulyi Women and Children’s Safe House, Wilcannia; Mary Ronayna, Edith Edwards Women’s Centre, Bourke; Harmony Dennis, Barwon Cottage, Walgett; Liz Smith, Lightning Ridge Safe House and the Ourgunya Women’s Safe House, Brewarrina
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Social Inclusion through Community Embedded, Socially Supported University Education, Dr Paul Flatau, Murdoch University, WA and Jonathan Campton, St Vincent de Paul Society National Council of Australia, ACT
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The Chicken and the Egg: Which Comes First, the House or the Job?, Travis Gilbert, Homelessness Australia, ACT
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4.00
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Integrated Family Violence Services and Co-ordinated Community Responses, Margaret Augerinos, Loddon Campaspe and Julie Oberin, Loddon Campaspe, Integrated Family Violence Consortium, VIC
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A Human-rights Based Response to Homelessness – Developments Since the Release of the White Paper, James Farrell, PILCH Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic, VIC
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The Victorian Research and Evaluation Capacity Building Project, Trish Westmore, Council to Homeless Persons, VIC
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A White Paper for Woolloomooloo: Localising Federal and State Policy in a High Density Area, Liz Giles, Homelessness Unit, City of Sydney, NSW
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Sharing Our Knowledge: Creating Unique Solutions for CALD Women, Maya Avdibegovic, Immigrant Women’s Domestic Violence Service, VIC
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How the Mob Copes, Wayne Fossey, Beenleigh Housing
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4.30
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Responding to the Health and Housing Needs of Rough Sleepers in the Inner City Sydney, Jenny O’Mahony, Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Office, NSW Health, NSW, Trish Connolly, The Homelessness Unit, Housing NSW, NSW, Sally Millinship, St Vincent’s Hospital, NSW
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Families on the Edge: Reframing Family Homelessness, Violet Kolar, Hanover Welfare Services, VIC and Angela Spinney, Swinburne University of Technology, VIC
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What Makes us Special?, Sue Cripps, Homelessness NSW and Michelle Burrell, Council to Homeless Persons VIC
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A Fine Outcome: Work and Development Orders, Julie Hourigan Ruse, Homeless Persons’ Legal Service, NSW
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The Family Safety Framework - A Multi Agency Approach to High Risk Cases of Family Violence, Nicole Lionnet, Office for Women, SA and Sue Underhill, Southern Domestic Violence Service, SA
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Outcomes Star, Liz Harper, St Mungo's London
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5.00
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Wrap up Day One
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6.30
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Conference Dinner - Sponsored by Mission Australia
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Friday 3 September 2010
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9.00
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Panel Session, Growth Groups - Looking forwards to 2020 - What issues are likely to arise
Ludo McFerran, Robyn Martin, Vicki Roach and Sibylle Kaczorek
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10.00
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Morning Tea
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Models of Service Delivery
Great Hall 1-2
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Health and Wellbeing
Great Hall 3
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Older Australians
Great Hall 4
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Law and Criminal Justice
Exhibition Hall 1.1
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Employment
Exhibition Hall 1.2
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Young People
Exhibition Hall 1.3
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Community Participation Workshop
Exhibition Hall 1.4
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10.30
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Journey to Social Inclusion – Breaking the Cycle of Chronic Homelessness, Dr Guy Johnson, RMIT, VIC
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Aboriginal Overcrowding Research in NSW, John MacMillan, Housing NSW, NSW
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Homeless Older Women: Why Australia Urgently Needs a Gendered Homeless and Housing Policy, Ludo McFerran, Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse, University of NSW
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Homelessness and Criminal Justice Pathways, Eileen Baldry, Social Sciences and International Studies, University of New South Wales, NSW
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Do Current Employment Programs Work for Homeless People?, Netty Horton, SVDP Aged Care and Community Services, VIC
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Back to Future: Resurrecting Old Case Management Values for a New Youth Service, Hugh Watson, Watson Consultancy, QLD
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How To Get a Seat at the Table Without a Formal Invitation! A Case Study in Community Services Exerting Influence: Advocating for Effective Implementation of Homelessness Policy in NSW, Sue Cripps, NSW Homelessness Alliance
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11.00
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What Would it Take to Have an Effective Aboriginal Tenancy Support Service?, Anna Paris, Ruah Community Services, WA
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A New Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness for Men in Australia – The Michael Project, Paul Flatau, Murdoch University, WA and Anne Hampshire, Mission Australia, NSW
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The Ageing Elephant in the Room - The Plight of Older Private Renters, Jeff Fiedler, Housing for the Aged Action Groups Inc (HAAG)
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Homeless Persons' Legal Service Solicitor Advocate: Ensuring Effective Representation, Julie Hourigan Ruse, Homeless Persons’ Legal Service, NSW
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Homeless Employment, Danielle Campbell, Brisbane City Council, QLD
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The Inner City Youth Collaboration – A Joined up Response to Youth Homelessness in Adelaide Sharyn Goudie, Service to Youth Council, SA
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11.30
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Responding to the Needs of Refugee and Migrant Young People at Risk of Homelessness, Carmel Guerra, Centre for Multicultural Youth, VIC
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ACON Housing Project 'Building our Community's Health and Wellbeing', Raymond Webb, ACON
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A Specialised Model to Support Older Homeless People Living with Drug Addictions: The Wicking Project, Alice Rota-Bartelink, Wintringham, VIC
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Family Law and Homelessness, Dr Elspeth McInnes AM, DeLissa Institute of Early Childhood and Family Studies Research Group, University of South Australia, SA
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Youth Housing Workers and Housing Affordability, Michael Emslie, RMIT University, VIC
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Reconnect - 13 Years of Early Intervention - A service prospective, Brett Paradise, Northern Rivers Social Development Council, NSW
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12.05
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The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for Housing
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12.30
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Lunch
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Models of Service Delivery
Great Hall 1-2
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Alcohol and Other Drugs
Great Hall 3
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Children
Great Hall 4
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Homelessness and Mainstream Delivery
Exhibition Hall 1.1
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Rights and Justice
Exhibition Hall 1.2
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Local, State and Federal Government
Exhibition Hall1.3
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1.30
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From Transitional Housing Models to Permanent Housing Models for Homeless People: A Paradigm Shift, Jane Bullen, University of Technology Sydney, NSW
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Alcohol, Drugs and Homelessness, David Templeman, The Alcohol and Other Drugs Council for Australia, NSW
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Responding to Children: Findings from a National Survey of Specialist Homelessness Services, Christine Gibson, Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia, SA and Kylie Morphett, Australian Centre for Child Protection, University of South Australia, SA
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Responding to Homelessness – Is Centrelink Doing Enough?, Peter Humphries, Social Work Services, Centrelink, ACT
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Homelessness in Juvenile Justice – The New South Wales Response, Peter Muir, Department of Juvenile Justice, NSW
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Case Management for Men who use Family Violence - Victoria’s Integrated Approach to Increase Safety Outcomes, Janelle Cribb, Housing and Community Building, Department of Human Services, VIC, Russelle Beardon, Bethany Community Support, VIC and Phil Cooper, Victorian Aboriginal Community Service Association Limited, VIC
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2.00
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Solutions for Chronic Homelessness: Common Ground in Australia, Felicity Reynolds, Mercy Foundation, NSW and Stephen Nash, HomeGround Services, VIC
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System and Services Integration for Homeless Persons with Substance Use and Other Mental Disorder, Elizabeth Conroy, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, NSW, Paul Flatau, Murdoch University, WA and Lucy Burns, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, NSW
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Supporting Children made Homeless by Domestic and Family Violence, Dr Angela Spinney, Institute of Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, VIC
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A New Way Forward for an Aboriginal Women’s Homelessness Service: Strengthening Service Linkages and Collaboration, Anna Paris, Ruah Community Services, WA
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Public Housing and Anti Social Behaviour: Supporting ‘High Risk’ Tenants, Chris Povey, PILCH Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic, VIC
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Housing Sans Frontières: Evaluation of the Complex Needs Coordination Project, Robert Bosi, Homelessness Unit, The City of Sydney, NSW
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2.30
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Filling the Gaps - Perth’s Development of the First Australian Purpose Built FOYER, Kathleen Gregory, Foundation Housing, WA, John Berger, Anglicare WA, WA and Jethro Sercombe, Anglicare WA, WA
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How Do AOD Treatment Models relate to Homeless People, Mal Doreian, Uniting Care Moreland Hall
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Building Animal Relationships with Kids (BARK), Kedy Kristal, Patricia Giles Centre
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Safe Tracks: A Strategic Framework for Addressing Aboriginal Mobility and Reducing Aboriginal Homelessness, Carol Shard, Homelessness Strategy Division, Housing SA, Department for Families and Communities, SA and Kerry Beck, Homelessness Strategy Division, Housing SA, Department for Families and Communities, SA
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Homeland Security: What’s Happening to Security of Tenure, and Why it Matters, Eddy Bourke, Community Housing Federation of Australia, ACT
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The Transition from Reconnect Pilot to Sustainable Service Delivery – Thriving or Under Threat. Ann-Marie Buxton, Anglicare NT, Sandy Graham, Anglicare NT, Gavin Coehn, Anglicare NT and Eleni Bromot, Anglicare NT
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3.00
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Afternoon Tea
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3.30
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Panel Discussion, Counting the Homeless
Kate Amore,Chris Chamberlain
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4.30
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Wrap up and Close
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RETURN TO HOMELESSNESS AUSTRALIA HOMEPAGE
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