...Article One: Homelessness is everywhere. It is slowly consuming Sydney's Martin Place. An article was written on the 9th August 2017 called, ‘Single women face a frightening future of homelessness in Australia' was written by Jane Gilmore for The Sydney Morning Herald revealing the truth behind the homeless tent city in Martin Place. Government executives are planning on forcing this community into moving elsewhere, why are they being moved, why are women affected more than the men, what role does superannuation have to play and what are these homeless women doing to better this situation? "Homelessness doesn't disappear just by moving homeless people out of sight" but this is exactly what the government is trying to do. 35 tents span from...
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...Critical Review of “Homelessness and Health in Adolescents” The research article “Homelessness and Health in Adolescents” brings attention to the problem of homeless youth in Canada and attempts to connect the challenges they experience to lessons for health care and governmental policy. Specifically, the authors set out to understand how adolescents experience homelessness and how gender is factor in that experience, homeless adolescent’s perceptions of health and healthcare accessibility, and how Canadian policy influences these perceptions and experiences. Although the purpose of the research is concisely described within the “Purpose of Study and Research Question” section of the article, I found it difficult to grasp the particular subject they were leading up to in the previous sections. When discussing “Background and Significance”, the authors touch the surface on a number of points regarding gender, homelessness, and healthcare, but they fail to describe any in depth significance why those certain points are important, or how they are related to this research study. I also found it peculiar that the authors cited only one source in this section on a point that is described as being “well documented”, such as the problem of homeless adolescents having a variety of health care concerns. The literature review of this article is well organized into subcategories and the majority of it is written in language that can be easily understood by non-academics. The overall...
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...addresses the crisis of homelessness in Seattle. Mayor Schell attempts to tackle the problem and makes a pledge to end the epidemic that he may or may not be able to keep. Specifically, the mayor pledges in June that by Christmas 1998 there will not be homeless women or children living on the streets of his cities (Electronic Hallway). This pledge garnered mass attention as it was run on both local newspapers and televised. Homelessness is robust in nature and scope and takes more than a pledge and good will to eliminate. It may not be within his realm of possibility either fiscally or logistically to accomplish what he pledges. Listening in the audience is the Director of the Community Services Division of the Department of Housing and Human Services, Alan Painter. Painter has over ten years of experience in planning and putting into action a variety of programs targeted at helping the of homeless. He agrees with the mayor’s assessment of the homeless situation, the need to eliminate the problem and applauds the mayor’s fervor. He is however, skeptical that such a feat can be accomplished and wonders how this pledge will mess or clash with the cities standard procedures for handling the homeless. The mayor’s pledge in effect puts Painter on the hot seat, so to speak in that he must devise a strategic plan to essentially make the mayor’s pledge a reality or as close to it as possible. Painter fears the cities current approached to homelessness are not capable of meeting...
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...* Homelessness in Australia. * Broad definition of “homelessness” * Homelessness is defined under Australian federal law as “inadequate access to safe and secure housing”. * However, homelessness is not just about housing, fundamentally, homelessness is about 1. Lack of connectedness with family, friends. 2. The community and lack of control over’s environment. * A person who is homeless may face violations of the right to an adequate standard of living, * The right to education * The right to liberty and security the person * The right to privacy * The right to social security * The right freedom from discrimination * The right to vote and many more * For some people, being homelessness means being “ roofless” * Living on the streets, in parks or in desert buildings. * This is known as primary homelessness and is the most visible kind of homelessness. * For other people, being homelessness means moving between various types of temporary shelters. * Such as the homes of friends and relatives. * Refuges and hostels. * Or living in boarding house or long term basis.( this is known as secondary or tertiary homelessness) * What are some of the causes of homelessness? * Just as there are many different ways in which a person can be affected by homelessness. * Poverty and the inability to afford adequate housing are central to the causes of homelessness. * These circumstances may result...
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...Acrobat , A 2010,Youth homelessness and leaving home, viewed 29 July 2013 , < http://www.kidshelp.com.au/grownups/search.php?cx=007603506358546808182%3Axcui-wlofrm&cof=FORID%3A11&ie=UTF-8&q=Youth+homelessness+and+leaving+home+ > This report shows the situation of homelessness youth in Australia recently with the analysis of this condition and some of the solutions have been implemented. In recent years, among the whole population of homelessness in Australia, youth occupied 43% of total. Those youth whose parents haunted by cancer are the main parts of homelessness youth which account for 12%. 21 percentage of Teenagers between 12 to 18 years old who are living alone, and the rest 10% were 19 to 24 years olds' young adults. The report states the main factors, which made Australian youth homelessness including taking in drugs, lack of nutrition, sickness without medicine to cure, forced sexual practices and poor protections. Those homeless youth's experiences may influence their physical and mental health. When they get homelessness, the negative effects can last a long time and be very complicated. Those negative impacts can cause the growth of social rejection's possibility. This report data all came from a true research from the public website www.kidhelp.com which means these data had already been shown to the public. Such as age from 18 to 25 young homeless adults occupied 65.3% in the whole groups of homelessness youth. Also, this report were...
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...Change Homelessness Campaign Official Summary: As of late Youth Vision experienced a corporate re-marking process and needed to use this chance to advance the Youth Vision brand and their solid organization with Mission Australia. Youth Vision worked intimately with computerized office Orchard to build up the 'Change Homelessness' battle which incorporated a site and advertising effort to profile and elevate you duty to corporate social obligation (CSR). Together with Mission Australia to build up a vital customer battle to manufacture familiarity with the advanced activity and drive purchasers to visit the site to make a butterfly. For each butterfly created, Youth Vision swore $1 to Mission Australia (up to $60,000). The 'Change Homelessness' crusade was exceptionally fruitful as measured by the destinations set. Since the start of the crusade, more than 800,000 individuals were presented to the activity by means of online media. One hundred percent of the scope secured was sure, with a normal of more than two key messages showing up in every piece. Open reaction to the crusade was overpowering with the objective of 60,000 butterflies and a gift of $60,000 to Mission Australia accomplished inside one month of dispatch. Youth Vision made an exceptionally effective and coordinated battle by consolidating verbal, computerized correspondences and customary media effort to connect with the wide Australian open. Circumstance Analysis: Youth Vision needs to permanently...
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...essay will argue that Western Australia should introduce specialist courts to address social issues such as homelessness. In the current modern society, there are more social issues and problems that the courts have to deal with, and introducing specialist courts can help lower the number of cases that mainstream courts resolve. Specialist courts for homelessness would also mean that judges and magistrates could specialise in resolving such disputes, in a manner which is more appropriate and takes into account the persons involved. By analysing The Vagrants, Gaming & Other Offences Act 1931 and other academic articles, it will be shown the current court system doesn’t adequately punish homeless persons in a way which considers all of the facets of their life. In Queensland, the Vagrants, Gaming & Other Offences Act 1931 has come under scrutiny for it being “archaic and ill-adapted to our modern society”1. The...
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...Critical Realism and Social Constructivism: Homelessness in Australia Name: University: Course: Tutor: Date: Abstract This Essay looks into the contrasts between Critical Realism and Social Construction, in relation to social issues in Australia. The social issue that is being tackled in this case is the homelessness in Australia. It explains the two phenomena in terms of the sociological perspectives on their difference and deviance. The content of this essay will be illustrated through different materials on the state of the homelessness in Australia. The structure of the Essay is in the form of arguments and evidences to back up those arguments. Introduction Critical Realism theory has to do with the objects of science. This includes both the transitive and intransitive objects. The transitive objects are those that are constructed socially and change according to how much and how fast the theories of science do change. Intransitive objects on the other hand have nothing to do with the social issues, and do exist independent of the human’s knowledge of their existence. Social constructivism comes about when we come up with theories about them using our intellect, history and even social issues which are used to explain several phenomena. This can be seen in the explanation of gravity, which exists independent of our knowledge of it. Social construction has occurred in this subject, whereby intellect gained from areas like history...
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...Homelessness is the big issue for every country which give rise to rough sleeping on streets, parks or grounds which not only affect their health but also have a bad impact on their mental stability. Many of them are also experiencing violence, abuse , injuries and deaths. Rough sleeping is the mark of housing crisis. Individuals those who are homeless from a longer period, the situation of housing crisis is worsened due to the effects of mental illness, unemployment, substance and child abuse. Homeless people also suffering from so many disadvantages, getting the home is the half challenge. ‘Staying housed’ is equally difficult. Rising of homelessness has blown away the minds of government. Thus, the Victorian government stated two year...
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...Homeless Youth General Education Capstone October 14, 2013 Homeless Youth Homelessness affects many youth today; 46% runaway because they express their gender identity, and or sexual identity because their family rejects them, 43% are kicked out by parents also known as thrown away. Youth also take more things literally then adults, so they feel misunderstood especially when they are opening up about their sexual lifestyle. Homelessness in youth is worldwide and needs a world wide solution. Just to name a few countries that have issues with youth and homelessness; Russia’s homeless population has decreased some since the 1990’s but according to Anna Rudnicki the totals are still around 3,000 – 10,000 homeless street kids. (2013). In Australia the homeless youth rate is “estimates that 50,000 Australians under the age of 24 years are homeless with numbers increasing” With numbers increasing Australia needs to find a situation that will help lower their numbers and help get these teens off the street, Since health issues can become an issue. Another area with a heavy population of homeless youth is in Canada. Every day in Canada you can find homeless kids. “Canada, on any given day it is estimated that there are 150,000 homeless youths on the streets” (Rogers, 2012). Rogers’s states that this is an estimate since most homeless youth do tend to avoid shelters. With every country and every town we can find a teen that is homeless, while being homeless the can become sick, and...
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...traits, suggesting traits can be acquired. With these strong traits, entrepreneurs have the potential to produce substantial change on all levels of the triple bottom line. Profitability is equally as important to both commercial and social entrepreneurs. However, it is where they funnel their profits and their driving forces that differ. With so many social issues globally, there are a myriad of social entrepreneurship trends. However, this report focuses on community-supported agriculture, youth homelessness and support for refugee women, all of which are in need of extra support from social entrepreneurship. Contents 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Section 1: Overview of Entrepreneurship 2 2.1 Entrepreneurs 2 2.2 Social Entrepreneur 4 3.0 Section 2: Current Trends in Social Entrepreneurship 7 3.1 Community Supported Agriculture 7 3.2 Social Integration and Employment for Refugee Women 9 3.3 Youth Homelessness 10 4.0 Conclusion 11 5.0 References 12 1.0 Introduction The purpose of the report is to review entrepreneurship, identify the traits of an entrepreneur, and examine the factors that differentiate social and commercial entrepreneurship. Whilst entrepreneurship is considered a driving force behind economic growth and job creation, social entrepreneurship is believed to be essential for the long-term balance of the Triple Bottom Line...
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...conclude that the psychological health of the homeless is negatively impacted by societal perceptions and lack of resources dedicated to helping the homeless. The perpetuated negative view of the homeless hinders their ability to heal from psychological diseases, and may lead to deteriorating mental health. In the paper, Discrimination and Economic Profiling among the Homeless of Washington, DC by the National Coalition for the Homeless, a national network of people who have personal experience and expertise in homelessness, a study was conducted and it concluded that “roughly two thirds of homeless...
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... Prabin Dhungana Page 1 BSBCMM401A Ass-1 HISTORY: ‘Street swags’ an Australia based non-profit organisation was established in 2005. The concept was developed by a school teacher named ‘Jean Madden’ a lady with a beautiful heart. One evening she was watching a documentary on homelessness which highlights the disadvantages of sleeping rough on streets. She got influenced by the documentary and thought to help homeless people. Later on she spoke to her husband who agreed with her proposal and the ‘street swags’ was born. Jean Madden LOGO: logo contains two letters both ‘s’ which stands for ‘street swags’. Thousands of homeless australians are constrained to sleep in street without protection from cold, rain and rough surface. Street swag is designed such a way that it can protect its user from the weather and provides degree of comfort and warmth. so the street swag is for homeless australians to protect them from toughness of rough sleep. Prabin Dhungana Page 2 BSBCMM401A Ass-1 Logo of street swag MISSION: To provide practical support to alleviate the hardships of homeless people by offering a comfortable and durable form of bedding to every person in need. OBJECTIVES: • • To provide homeless people with “street swags” in order to reduce the negative effects of sleeping outdoors. To reduce the amount of illness and the number of deaths in australia attributed to homelessness and sleeping outdoors. To provide holistic support to homeless people including...
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...AUGUST 2011 REGIONAL PLAN FOR SYDNEY Regional Development Australia-Sydney brings together people and information to promote collaborative decision making for the sustainable and just economic development of Sydney, with a focus on employment growth. REGIONAL PLAN FOR SYDNEY © Regional Development Australia-Sydney Inc. This work is copyright. The Copyright Act 1968 permits fair dealing for study, research, news reporting, criticism or review. Selected passages, tables or diagrams may be reproduced for such purposes provided acknowledgement of the source(s) is included. Permission for any more extensive reproduction must be obtained from Regional Development Australia-Sydney Inc. While every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that the data and other content in this document is correct at the time of printing, Regional Development Australia-Sydney Inc. its committee and employees, disclaim any and all liability to any person in respect of anything or the consequences of anything done or omitted to be done in reliance or upon the whole or any part of this document. The Regional Plan includes inputs from stakeholder consultations and draws information from 87 other existing plans and reports published by the Australian, NSW & Local Governments and other key agencies. It does not represent the ‘only’ information on Sydney however it provides a unique ‘overview’ of the entire Sydney Region. RDA-Sydney cannot guarantee the currency of the statistical data; therefore...
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...Though the definition of liberal democracy is also very intangible and has a wide history of interpretation in Australia which has strongly influenced its current form and application(Hirst 2002, pp. 231-232). So how Australia’s liberal democratic system put into practice its underlying ideologies and does it truly enhance the rights and freedoms of its citizens. Definition of Liberal Democracy The wider populations general understanding of the concept of liberal democracy can also change overtime as the interpretation of the idea becomes vaster. Liberalism in its earliest form is now described as classical liberalism and promotes individual freedom with minimal intervention from government. This form of liberalism tends to assume that anyone can become successful if they work for it. (REFERENCE) Democracy is a concept bracing an overarching ideal of having the ability of communal participation of stakeholders regarding the direction of governance. The historical use of the term democracy is perhaps also the way of describing its meaning. Heywood identifies four contrasting models of democracy being; classic democracy; protective democracy; developmental democracy and people's democracy. Classical democracy involves direct participation of all citizens in decision making through mass assemblies and large committee's, we can see this type of democracy used in Australia through referendums and some aspects of Local...
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