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  • Perth Housing Day Report

    The Australasian Housing Institute (AHI), in conjunction with Swinburne University, held a series of events at the Novotel Langley Hotel on 12 November 2008. The events were attended by DHW staff and others who are past and present Swinburne students as well as AHI members.

    The day's events were opened by AHI President Shane Edmonds and started with an excellent breakfast. Shane then chaired a discussion on the topic "Challenges for Professional Education in Human Services". Speakers were DHW Director General Grahame Searle, Swinburne University's Dean of the Faculty of Life and Social Sciences Russell Crawford and Brendan Moran from Housing South Australia.

    This event was followed by a session to celebrate the achievements of Swinburne University students, past and present. Dean of the Faculty of Life and Social Sciences Russell Crawford and Professor Terry Burke were the keynote speakers for this event. This was followed by an acknowledgement of students and sharing of student experiences facilitated by AHI CEO Joan Ferguson. There was also a presentation by the AHI to Swinburne University to formalise professional acknowledgement of the Swinburne housing courses.

    In the afternoon the AHI held a Special General Meeting followed by its Annual General Meeting. The Keynote speaker at the meeting was Grahame Searle. The final event of the day was a joint policy forum run by the AHI and Swinburne University facilitated by Joan Ferguson, AHI CEO. The keynote speaker, Professor Terry Burke from Swinburne University, spoke on the topic "Failing Markets and Housing Interventions" and challenged the audience to think about the future of social housing. Following Professor Burke's speech, a panel comprised of notables from the public and private housing sectors responded to Professor Burke's speech.

    On 13 November the AHI held a workshop at the Mantra on Hay, on the topic "Aboriginal Housing - Developing a Vision for the Future". This was the first of two workshops (the second will be run in Sydney) aimed to give housing professionals the opportunity to offer input into a vision for the future direction of Aboriginal housing across Australia.

    Reprinted with permission from HouseWorks, Magazine of the Western Australia Department of Housing and Works

  • Adelaide Housing Events

    Wednesday 3rd December, 2008

    • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
      Policy Forum - Failing Markets and Housing Interventions
      Key Note: Professor Terry Burke
    • 6.30pm
      Australasian Housing Institute Awards Dinner
      Key Note: Michael Lennon - CEO Housing Choices

    Thursday 4th December, 2008

    • 12:00 pm - 1:20 pm
      Swinburne Housing Course Information session
      With: Terry Burke and Mike Pelling

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    Enquiries
    Angela Lemon: 0419 937258
    Mike Pelling 0416 174 823

  • Perth Housing Day

    Wednesday 12th November, 2008

    Topics Include:

    • Challenges for professional education in human services
    • Swinburne past and present students - celebration
    • Failing markets and housing interventions

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  • Swinburne Housing Courses - Information sessions

    Swinburne University of Technology invites you to one of the following Information Sessions on their post-graduate courses in Housing Management and Policy for 2009. These courses and qualifications are a Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Masters in Social Science. Swinburne University offers the courses by a combination of distance education, face-to-face tutorials and a residential workshop.

    Sessions details:
    Sessions will be held in Hobart, Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide.

    More Details ...

  • 14th Oswald Barnett Oration

    The 14th Oswald Barnett Oration, titled "What is Social Housing for Now?" will be delivered by Michael Lennon, CEO of Housing Choices Australia.

    Date: Tuesday 14th October, 2008
    Time: 5:30pm for 6:00pm start
    Venue:Lecture Theatre Centre for Public Policy University of Melbourne 2nd Floor, 234 Queensberry Street, Carlton

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  • Past and Current Students

    Swinburne Housing will be conducting two major events for current and past students in Perth 12th November and in Adelaide 3-4th December. Details forthcoming.

  • Preliminary conference announcement:

    Colleagues,
    The next housing researcher's conference will be in Sydney, Australia, 5th - 7th August 2009. It will be a combined Australasian Housing Researchers Conference and the Asia Pacific Network of Housing Research event. More information will be forthcoming shortly on conference theme and working sessions.
    Conference Organisers.

  • European Housing Conference Presentations

    European Housing Conference Presentations are now available.

  • New Book and Design Guide By Professor Peter Newton

    Professor Peter Newton has edited a new book published by CSIRO Publishing, Pathways Towards Sustainable Urban Development in Australia.

    Professor Peter Newton has also released a new design guide.

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