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how bad is homelessness
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Last night on the Nightlife program on ABC radio the discussion topic was homelessness. One of the callers was from Canberra and he was pretty worked up about emergency housing services in Canberra, and he may have good reason I suppose. When I talk to a few of the guys from my church (Oasis Corps [Salvos] many are in rehab) the situation is quite bad and it is generally kept pretty quiet. I am hoping that a few people might have been tweaked to how bad the homeless situation is in Canberra. It is quite clear that more emergency accommodation is needed for families, single men, and people with mental illnesses, and better support is needed for people leaving crisis services so their lives become stable.

It’s hard to get exact figures on homelessness in the ACT as figure range between 1,200 and 2000+ people in the ACT are homeless at any given time, and more than one in five of these have been homeless for more than 6 months. This is not taking into account that most young people end up couch surfing. It is estimated that between 150 and 350 sleep out ‘rough’ each night. It’s been a long time since Emergency housing services have been able to meet demand. Canberra also does not have enough public housing or affordable private housing to accommodate all our homeless, and its only getting worse. I mean as it becomes tough for the middle income families to afford rent the more pressure is put on the bottom of the market. It is quite clear that more emergency accommodation must be built, particularly for families and for people recovering from mental illnesses. New services are needed for Belconnen and Gungahlin so people can achieve continuity of schooling and maintain links with family and other support. This needs to be coupled with more effective outreach services to assist people leaving crisis accommodation, as many people repeatedly return to crisis services because problems in their life have not been resolved.

January 30, 2008 | 6:22 PM Comments  0 comments

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dirty washing in the barr
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Look like the ACT ALP is at it again, school yard politics carried out by people that believe they are at the level of a pseudo-state. This time it’s the appointment of Hilary Penfold, QC, to the ACT Supreme Court bench (Came out today in the Canberra Times). It’s not Ms Penfold that bothers me as I don’t know her personally and well she should have a chance to prove herself in the job. Its the petty spat between the ACT Attorney-General Simon Corbell and the ACT Bar Association. One would expect an Attorney-General to have a little more restraint and not air his ‘dirty washing’ in the paper. It really urks me as it’s all to do with the death of Justice Terry Connolly, and all this spat does is debase his legacy

Basically the ACT Bar Association wants to have a judicial commission to decide future judicial appointments. Basically all judicial appointments in the ACT should be decided by a judicial commission consisting of the Bar Association, the Law Society, the DPP and other relevant community organisations.

Coming back the ACT City State idea Does the ACT really need a Supreme Court at all? An institution like the ACT Supreme Court costs a lot of money, as the ACT is so close to NSW would we not be better off the let the NSW Supreme Court look after it for the ACT? I will have to admit I have not really thought it all through but we should have a inquiry weather or not ACT Supreme Court is economically and socially viable?

January 12, 2008 | 7:44 PM Comments  0 comments

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