@ColvinKate

CEO Homelessness Australia

 Melbourne
homelessnessaustralia.org.au
Joined July 2009
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Watch: Right to housing webinar, with @ColvinKate, @HomelessnessAus Jessie Hohmann, @UTSLaw Tyler A, HomeTime campaign @RaghavMotani, UTS Student Association @DaneyHrlc, @humanrightsHRLC Amy Persson, @UTSSocialImpact Learn more: humanrightsact.org.au youtube.com/watch?v=TkOO_gLZ…

Australian Human Rights Act - join the campaign

We need an Human Rights Act to ensure everyone’s rights are properly protected and people have the power to hold governments to account. We are the official campaign advocating for this important...

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At 16 I was focused on school and friends. Every child needs a safe home so they can follow their dreams but many kids miss out. That's why Governments need to invest in housing and support for young people. #HomeTime #Meat16
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Rental stress, housing insecurity, & homelessness shouldn't be our future. The federal govt must #BuildSocialHousing to ensure everyone can afford a safe, decent place to call home. Read the People’s Commission's final report here👉everybodyshome.com.au/people… @DougCameron51
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Check out this excellent story by @PatsKarvelas about the ambition and commitment to tackling the big issues driving homelessness expressed by @ClareONeilMP at the launch of Homelessness Week. #HW2024 #endhomelessness abc.net.au/news/2024-08-12/a…

A new phase of the political battle about to start as Albanese reaches for the reset button

Politics is best played as a game of offence, but for incumbents across the world in what feels like a never-ending cost of living crisis, it has become a battle of defence and managing souring...

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This #HomelessnessWeek we’re shining a light on stories shared at the People’s Commission into the Housing Crisis. We must use their voices to take collective action 🏘️ Sign our petition today: everybodyshome.com.au/end-ho… #HW2024
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That feeling when you wake up and @chrishemsworth is calling on leaders to be heroes to #endhomelessness. You're a legend. Love your work!! #HW2024 canberratimes.com.au/story/8…

Thor star Chris Hemsworth says we can all be heroes for the homeless

The actor is making a difference for the homeless in his beloved Byron Bay.

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Heading to Sydney to launch #HW2024 tomorrow. Tune in to @abcnews #AM tomorrow morning to catch me talking about child and family #homelessness and what’s needed to end it.
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Thank you @DavidPocock it’s time @AustralianLabor housing crisis to support and fund our housing and homeless national peaks!! You need them to co design policy and deliver the best outcomes across the country @NationalShelter @CHIA_News @ColvinKate @SatPaper
David Pocock
@DavidPocock28 Jun 2024
Failing to restore funding for @HomelessnessAus & @NationalShelter in the middle of a housing crisis risks losing key data & advocacy we need more than ever. I urge govt to reconsider support to ensure they can survive & keep doing their invaluable work. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news…
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This is awful. Such sad news.
National Shelter@NationalShelter1 Jul 2024
This is what we mean when we say homeless is harmful. It is literally deadly.
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ACT Shelter@ACTShelter1 Jul 2024
It breaks our hearts to see sector leaders like Emma from @NationalShelter & Kate from @HomelessnessAus undertake vital analytical, collaborative, conduit & systemic advocacy work on the national stage - with $0 funding from #Auspol in a #housingcrisis Platitudes don't pay bills
National Shelter@NationalShelter28 Jun 2024
Without secure, sustainable funding from government to undertake our work National Shelter may be looking at a different form in 2025. See loom.ly/WqVPTCQ
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The futures of @HomelessnessAus and the Whitlam-era @NationalShelter are becoming more uncertain in a Coalition-era funding squeeze that, to the surprise of advocates, continues under Labor. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news… via @SatPaper 🖊️ @KJBar

Exclusive: Labor is letting housing charities fail

As the government struggles to attract support for its housing policies ahead of a cost-of-living election, homelessness services are left without essential funding.

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Failing to restore funding for @HomelessnessAus & @NationalShelter in the middle of a housing crisis risks losing key data & advocacy we need more than ever. I urge govt to reconsider support to ensure they can survive & keep doing their invaluable work. thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news…
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Kate Colvin retweeted
Maiy Azize@MaiyAzize24 May 2024
For the last two days, @_EverybodysHome has been convening hearings as part of our People’s Commission into the Housing Crisis. They’ve been moving, upsetting, and infuriating 🧵
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Thanks to ⁦@JEChalmers⁩ for fronting up to the ⁦@ACOSS⁩ post-Budget event and continuing the dialogue about the need to #RaisetheRate. We all think you need to do more, but good to be talking.
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Four powerful stories from women sharing what the housing crisis has meant for them and their children at the ⁦@_EverybodysHome⁩ People’s Commission. Heartbreaking. #BuildSocialHousing
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"Why haven't you looked at increasing JobSeeker? @ColvinKate said that would be the single most effective way of helping women in abusive relationships" Gallagher: "Those payments are indexed" it's depraved to spruik regular CPI indexing as doing something on women's violence
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Increasing income support is essential to reduce growing homelessness. Catch the story on @abcnews #RaiseTheRate m.youtube.com/watch?v=Heub8y…
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I’m here at ⁦@abcnews⁩ talking about the need to #RaiserheRate so people can afford rent and avoid homelessness.
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Kate Colvin retweeted
ACOSS@ACOSS5 May 2024
More than 200 women leaders have written to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urging him to provide economic security for women leaving violence by raising the rate of Jobseeker and Youth Allowance. Read more: acoss.org.au/media-releases/…
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- 20,000 women who wanted to leave a violent partner could not because of a lack of money - 8,000 women return to perps each year due to #homelessness If the Fed govt is serious about #VAW prevention, #Budget2024 must improve housing and income security abc.net.au/news/2024-04-30/h…

Calls for federal government to fix 'gaping holes' in housing support or risk more violence against...

Violence is the biggest cause of homelessness for women and children, says Homelessness Australia CEO Kate Colvin, who has called on the federal government to "confront this challenge".

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