Welcome Reception - Sponsored by Telstra
Welcome to Country and guest speaker to be included in formalities

Morning Tea
Parity Launch of September Edition (Queensland)

Prison the New Answer to Resolve Homelessness, Debbie Kilroy OAM, Sisters Inside, QLD

Accreditation of Indigenous Homelessness Services in Victoria: Challenges, Lessons and Outcomes, Dan Laws, Indigenous Homelessness Services Network, VIC and Ceno Biles, NSW

Strong Sector Leadership on the Road Home in Queensland, Tanya Hall, SAAP Network Coordinator, QLD

The Sum of Us - Our Journey Providing Homeless Healthcare, Sally Millinship, St Vincent's Hospital, NSW

Discussion by National peaks on pathways from homelessness

National Youth Coalition on Homelessness, Lindy Edwards, Westnet Council for Homeless Persons of Australia, Adrian Pisarski, National Shelter, Carol Croce, Community Housing Federation of Australia

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

Ladder – Tackling Youth Homelessness, Mark Bolton, Ladder, VIC

TBA

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

Transition Beds for Homeless People Presenting to Emergency Department, Meg Lewis, Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA

Chronically Homeless Women – A Critical International Investigation, Felicity Reynolds, Mercy Foundation, NSW

The Inner City Youth at Risk Project – Working Together for Better Outcomes, Cindi Petersen, South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Health Service, NSW

Reintegration - A Family Reunification Model, Dr Emily Schindeler, Queensland University of Technology, QLD

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

How Understanding Change can Help us Eliminate Homelessness, Monique Joubert, St Bartholomew’s House Inc, WA

City Slickers - Sydney Women’s Homelessness Alliance, Lara Sabbadin, Homelessness New South Wales, NSW

The Family Safety Framework - A Multi Agency Approach to High Risk Cases of Family Violence, Fiona Mort, Office for Women, SA and Nicole Lionnet, Office for Women, SA

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

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

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

The Victorian Research and Evaluation Capacity Building Project, Trish Westmore, Council to Homeless Persons, VIC

The Chicken and the Egg: Which Comes First, the House or the Job?, Travis Gilbert, Homelessness Australia, ACT

Sharing Our Knowledge: Creating Unique Solutions for CALD Women, Maya Avdibegovic, Immigrant Women’s Domestic Violence Service, VIC

A White Paper for Woolloomooloo: Localising Federal and State Policy in a High Density Area, Liz Giles, Homelessness Unit, City of Sydney, NSW

A Human-rights Based Response to Homelessness – Developments Since the Release of the White Paper, James Farrell, PILCH Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic, VIC

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 and Liz Giles, Homelessness Unit, NSW

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

A Fine Outcome: Work and Development Orders, Julie Hourigan Ruse, Homeless Persons’ Legal Service, NSW

Families on the Edge: Reframing Family Homelessness, Violet Kolar, Hanover Welfare Services, VIC and Angela Spinney, Swinburne University of Technology, VIC

Journey to Social Inclusion – Breaking the Cycle of Chronic Homelessness, Dr Guy Johnson, RMIT, VIC

Homelessness and Criminal Justice Pathways, Eileen Baldry, Social Sciences and International Studies, University of New South Wales, NSW

Do Current Employment Programs Work for Homeless People?, Netty Horton, SVDP Aged Care and Community Services, VIC

Back to Future: Resurrecting Old Case Management Values for a New Youth Service, Hugh Watson, Watson Consultancy, QLD

TBA

Homeless Older Women: Why Australia Urgently Needs a Gendered Homeless and Housing Policy, Ludo McFerran, Australian Domestic and Family Violence Clearinghouse, University of NSW

What Would it Take to Have an Effective Aboriginal Tenancy Support Service?, Anna Paris, Ruah Community Services, WA

Homeless Persons' Legal Service Solicitor Advocate: Ensuring Effective Representation, Julie Hourigan Ruse, Homeless Persons’ Legal Service, NSW

Homeless Employment, Danielle Campbell, Brisbane City Council, QLD

The Inner City Youth Collaboration – A Joined up Response to Youth Homelessness in Adelaide, Sharyn Goudie, Service to Youth Council, SA and Sam Laubsch, Uniting Care Wesley Adelaide, SA

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

Responding to the Needs of Refugee and Migrant Young People at Risk of Homelessness, Carmel Guerra, Centre for Multicultural Youth, VIC

Youth Housing Workers and Housing Affordability, Michael Emslie, RMIT University, VIC

A Specialised Model to Support Older Homeless People Living with Drug Addictions: The Wicking Project, Alice Rota-Bartelink, Wintringham, VIC

The Hon Tanya Pibersek MP, Minister for Housing

From Transitional Housing Models to Permanent Housing Models for Homeless People: A Paradigm Shift, Jane Bullen, University of Technology Sydney, NSW

Responding to Homelessness – Is Centrelink Doing Enough?, Peter Humphries, Social Work Services, Centrelink, ACT

Aboriginal Overcrowding Research in NSW, Housing NSW, NSW

TBA

Alcohol, Drugs and Homelessness, David Templeman, The Alcohol and Other Drugs Council fo Australia

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

Solutions for Chronic Homelessness: Common Ground in Australia, Felicity Reynolds, Mercy Foundation, NSW and Stephen Nash, HomeGround Services, VIC

A New Way Forward for an Aboriginal Womens Homelessness Service: Strengthening Service Linkages and Collaboration, Anna Paris, Ruah Community Services, WA

Public Housing and Anti Social Behaviour: Supporting ‘High Risk’ Tenants, Chris Povey, PILCH Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic, VIC

Housing Sans Frontières: Evaluation of the Complex Needs Coordination Project, Robert Bosi, Homelessness Unit, The City of Sydney, NSW

Supporting Children made Homeless by Domestic and Family Violence, Dr Angela Spinney, Institute of Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology, VIC

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

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

Homeland Security: What’s Happening to Security of Tenure, and Why it Matters, Eddy Bourke, Community Housing Federation of Australia, ACT