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Palm Island picks up award for affordable housing scheme

Palm Island picks up award for affordable housing scheme

Palm Island Aboriginal Shire Council, off the coast of Queensland has won the inaugural affordable housing award category in the 2025 National Awards for Local Government. The award – presented at the Australian Local Government Association National General Assembly in Canberra last week – acknowledged council’s housing investment scheme. Driven by former PIASC CEO Michael Bissell and his management team, the housing strategy was recently appro…Read Article

NSW social housing process 'inefficient and inequitable', says report

Housing · Glebe

NSW social housing process 'inefficient and inequitable', says report

The process to apply for social housing in New South Wales is inefficient and inequitable, says a report from the Auditor-General’s office. Monitoring the activities of Homes NSW – a division of the Department of Communities and Justice established in February 2024 to streamline housing and homelessness services across the state – an audit drawing on data for 2023-24 found the new agency took an average of 33 days to fill a vacant property, more…Read Article

Queensland budget invests in disaster-resilience infrastructure

Infrastructure · Glebe

Queensland budget invests in disaster-resilience infrastructure

Queensland’s budget provides a major boost to the state’s betterment fund – a move welcomed by the local government peak body as a much-needed initiative to support councils in building more resilient communities. Local Government Association of Queensland president Matt Burnett said betterment funding – which allows infrastructure to be rebuilt to a more resilient standard than before a disaster – is proven to work, achieving substantial cost …Read Article

Tomaras brothers plead guilty over twin attacks in Sydney's Glebe

Wolli Creek brothers Yianni Tomaras, 33, and Meneleos Tomaras, 30, have pleaded guilty to affray after attacking a former friend twice in one day over an unpaid debt. Yianni also admitted to larceny for stealing the victim’s iPhone 14 during the second assault. The violent incidents unfolded in April, beginning inside the busy Tramsheds IGA in Glebe. Meneleos initially confronted the victim at the checkout, threatening, “Come follow me outside a…Glebe · Glebe Read Article

Queensland appoints new privacy czar

The Queensland Government has appointed Alexander White the state’s new Privacy Commissioner. A former privacy advisor to the US Department of Homeland Security, White will oversee how government agencies collect, store, use and disclose personal information. The role will also see White oversee the transfer of information outside Australia and supervise government contractors to ensure they handle personal information sensitively. White – rec…Glebe · Glebe Read Article

Services Australia Strategy Incorporates "Lessons Learned" From Robodebt

Services Australia has released a four-year strategy that implements “lessons learned” from the Robodebt scandal. “We’ll continue to implement the lessons learned from the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme through policy simplification and by embedding consultation and co-design to better incorporate staff and customer feedback,” says the document. Listing integrity as one of the roadmap’s six strategic themes, Services Australia pledges…United States · United States See the Story

Australia ill-prepared for threats, says defence expert

Australia lacks a comprehensive national preparedness framework that’s fit for purpose against a broad range of threats, says a defence expert. A report released by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute and authored by Marc Ablong says – beyond annually reviewed natural-disaster arrangements – the country “remains poorly prepared, and little government attention is currently paid to understanding or resourcing national preparedness for threa…Glebe · Glebe Read Article

Hugo’s House / Ian Moore Architects

Completed in 2024 in Glebe, Australia. Images by Clinton Weaver. This project involved alterations and additions to one of a row of 6 identical Victorian terrace houses, which have a cross stair between the two...Glebe · Glebe Read Article

Biggest infrastructure project in SA history underway

The largest and most complex infrastructure project in South Australian history is underway in Adelaide. Heavy machinery arrived at the Southern Precinct in Clovelly Park last week signalling the start of construction and the commencement of major works on the River Torrens to Darlington project that will create a non-stop South Road. It’s estimated up to 550 workers will be employed at the Southern Precinct during peak construction; ten times t…Glebe · Glebe Read Article

Liverpool City tackles online abuse of councillors

Liverpool City Council has adopted a revised media policy designed to tackle online abuse of councillors and council staff. The move follows a significant increase in negative social media posts including a large number of personal attacks and incidents of cyberbullying. “While Liverpool City Council’s existing media policy provides guidance on media engagement, it requires an urgent review to better reflect contemporary legal frameworks, partic…Glebe · Glebe Read Article

Media's election influence in decline

Traditional media’s influence over election outcomes has markedly declined, says a public policy think tank. In a report analysing the weakening power of newspapers and broadcasters, The Australian Institute cites the 3 May federal election as “proof that the influence of major media companies over voter opinion has declined.” Indeed, while Labor’s share of newspaper endorsements decreased to less than a third during the election campaign, the p…Rupert Murdoch · Glebe Read Article

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