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Plenary session

Official Conference Opening
Wednesday 28 August 2019
8.30am – 9.15am
Welcome to Country—Larrakia Nation The Larrakia people are the Aboriginal traditional owners of all land and waters of the greater Darwin area including identified Aboriginal living areas. Welcome by Conference Conveners—Adrian Harrington and Dr Michael Fotheringham, AHURI Chair of the AHURI Board, Adrian Harrington and AHURI Executive Director, Dr Micha...
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Federal Government Address
Wednesday 28 August 2019
9.15am – 9.40am
To guide the national dialogue on priority housing and homelessness issues, and following the 2019 election, we welcome an address from Hon Luke Howarth MP. Spo...
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Opening Keynote Address
Wednesday 28 August 2019
9.40am – 10.10am
Patricia Karvelas is a prominent and highly respected Australian journalist, currently presenting ABC Radio National’s flagship current affairs program RN Drive, appearing regularly on ABC television and co-hosting the popular weekly political podcast – The Party Room. As an expert on politics and the media, Patricia will provide a fascinati...
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Major concurrent session

Can CHPs deliver our social housing future?
Wednesday 28 August 2019
10.40am – 12.10pm
According to recent modelling, Australia needs more than 700,000 new social housing properties in the next twenty years to meet growing demand. In this provocative session, community housing leaders will press the case for their skilled up sector to lead the development, construction and management of Australia’s social housing sto...
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Generation Rent
Wednesday 28 August 2019
10.40am – 12.10pm
More than a quarter of all Australian households are private renters, with the sector growing at twice the rate of all households between 2006 and 2016. Along with growth, the sector is fragmenting, particularly at the low-price end of the market. How can we ensure a fair and equitable syst...
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Pathways and priorities for Australia’s Indigenous housing
Wednesday 28 August 2019
10.40am – 12.10pm
Appropriate and affordable housing is a vital foundation for wellbeing that supports education and employment pathways, yet many Indigenous Australians still face overwhelming housing challenges. With housing identified as a priority for a renewed Closing the Gap strategy, this panel will unpack the common challenges across Australian states and territori...
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State(s) of housing policy—a national debate
Wednesday 28 August 2019
1.10pm – 3.00pm
A national debate on Australia’s housing system with perspectives from every state and territory. In 2019 more than a million households in Australia are under housing stress. In this action-led session, housing chief executives from all state and territory housing departments will discuss a strategy for housing future communities acro...
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Official Welcome Address
Thursday 29 August 2019
8.45am – 9.05am
Senator McCarthy will give the opening keynote address on day two of the NHC program. This perspective on the political and social landscape for Indigenous Australians will give a local context to our first International keynote speaker, Margaret Pfoh, who will deliver an international keynote on Aboriginal, Indigenous and First Nations housi...
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Indigenous housing perspectives from Canada
Thursday 29 August 2019
9.05am – 9.30am
Margaret Pfoh, CEO, Aboriginal Housing Management Association and board member of the Canadian Housing Renewal Association and the Indigenous Housing Caucus delivers the international keynote address on sector-wide strategies to improve Indigenous housing outcomes in Canada. Margaret will be joined by a panel of international and local experts to explore advocati...
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Dollars to dwellings: Financing affordable housing
Thursday 29 August 2019
1.30pm – 3.00pm
One year on, is the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation the silver bullet to financing affordable housing or is it just one piece of an incomplete financing and funding puzzle. Even with private sector financing, what role must governments play in funding the gap between the cost of buildi...
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Indigenous housing and health
Thursday 29 August 2019
1.30pm – 3.00pm
The intersection between housing and health is well recognised. Unsafe or poor quality housing can have a detrimental impact on the physical and mental health of communities and individuals. This presents opportunities and challenges for providing services to Indigenous communities in the Territory and across regional Australia. This series ...
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Planning for our future communities
Thursday 29 August 2019
1.30pm – 3.00pm
Following worldwide trends of rapid urbanisation and centralisation of all aspects of life and work, Australians are living in urban areas at higher rates than ever before. What is the impact of population growth on our housing system, services and suburbs? How can we ensure Australia’s swelling major and developi...
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Four Nations: Perspectives from Ireland, New Zealand, Canada and Australia
Friday 30 August 2019
08.30am – 10.30am
Three international speakers will join our final plenary session on Friday 30 August in what is sure to be a fascinating examination of housing policies from around the world. What can Australia learn from likeminded countries when it comes to national approaches to housing our communities? Canada has a simil...
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