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'Which Way Home? A New Approach to Homelessness'

The Australian Government Green Paper on Homelessness

Attend=20 a consultation forum
Write=20 a submission
Green=20 Paper development
Which=20 Way Home? - Green Paper on Homelessness - Questions and=20 Answers

The Minister for Housing, Tanya Plibersek = has=20 extended the closing date for submissions to 27 June 2008. =

On 22 May=20 2008, the Prime Minister, the Hon Kevin Rudd MP released the = Government's Green=20 Paper, 'Which Way Home? A New Approach to Homelessness'. The Green Paper = aims to=20 promote public discussion on homelessness, highlight the challenges = faced by=20 people who are homeless and suggest ways forward.

Launch = of=20 Which Way Home? - A New Approach to Homelessness - Prime Minister's = speech=20

The Minister for Housing, Tanya Plibersek invites = your=20 participation in the public discussion on homelessness. Your = contribution will=20 inform the development of the White Paper to be released in September = 2008. The=20 White Paper will set out the Government's plan of action for the next 10 = years.

Video=20 message for the release of the Green Paper - Minister for Housing, = Tanya=20 Plibersek

Government=20 Launches Homelessness Green Paper - Minister for Housing, Tanya = Plibersek=20 Media Release

The Green Paper is now available = as a full=20 report or summary (which provides an overview of the options).

'Which=20 Way Home? A New Approach to Homelessness' - full report
'Which=20 Way Home? A New Approach to Homelessness' - Summary
'Which=20 Way Home? A New Approach to Homelessness' - postcard =

Attend a consultation forum

Consultation forums will be held in = all=20 capital cities and some regional centres until 27 June 2008. Places are = limited=20 so register now for one of the forums listed below by calling 1800 774 = 055 (a=20 free call).

City	Dates
Perth	28 May
Karratha	29 May
Townsville	4 June
Darwin	6 June
Brisbane	10 June
Sydney	11 June
Melbourne	12 June
Canberra	13 June
Lismore	16 June
Hobart	17 June
Adelaide	19 June
Albury - Wodonga	20 June
Alice Springs	23 June

The consultation forums = will run for 2=20 hours. The Department will provide a short overview of the Green Paper = followed=20 by a facilitated open discussion on the future directions and solutions = to=20 addressing homelessness over the next 10 years. The discussion will = centre=20 around the targets, goals and principles for change, business and = community=20 involvement and the three options for reform of the homelessness service = model.=20

Write a submission

Submissions may be completed online. This is = a secure=20 website that enables you to quickly and easily submit your ideas. You = can=20 register any time before the closing date and come back to your = submission from=20 this link as many times as you like until you submit your = submission.

You=20 can also post your submission to:

Homelessness Green Paper=20 Submissions
PO Box 7442
CANBERRA BC ACT 2610

Submissions = now=20 close on 27 June 2008.

To get a copy of the Green Paper, = summary, a=20 hardcopy submission form or for enquiries please contact 1800 774 055 (a = free=20 call).

The Hardcopy submission form is now also available to=20 download:

Hardcopy submission form - PDF=20 [61kb]
Hardcopy submission form - ZIP=20 RTF [108kb]

Green Paper development

To oversee the development of the new = approach,=20 an expert steering group was appointed by the Prime Minister, chaired by = Tony=20 Nicholson, Executive Director, Brotherhood of St Lawrence, and assisted = by=20 Heather Nancarrow, Director Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family = Violence,=20 and Anna Buduls, company director and philanthropist.

To inform = the=20 development of the Green Paper, Homelessness Australia hosted a = Homelessness=20 Roundtable on 28 March 2008. Over 100 stakeholders attended from a = variety of=20 organisations and covering all States and Territories. They included = peak=20 homeless, health, social housing, youth and welfare agencies, homeless = service=20 providers, state, territory and local government agencies, academics and = Indigenous organisations. The discussion provided valuable ideas and = innovative=20 approaches for inclusion in the Green Paper.