National Shelter on ABC Breakfast: Homelessness in Focus as Government Urged to Build More Social Housing
National Shelter Executive Officer, Adrian Pisarski, appeared on ABC Breakfast alongside Robert Pradolin, commercial property developer, and founder of Housing for all Australians to discuss the push for more social housing. As the Morrison Government comes under pressure to stimulate the
National Shelter on ABC Big Ideas: Homelessness and Housing Affordability
Executive Officer of National Shelter, Adrian Pisarski, appeared on ABC Big Ideas along with John Daley, CEO of the Grattan Institute, to talk about homelessness and housing affordability. Many low income Australians experience rental stress and can easily find themselves
e-Newsletter: The Tax Cut Bill, ADHA, & More! June 2019
When parliament returns next week, the first item on the government’s agenda will be the Bill to provide tax cuts in three phases. Phase one and two provide modest tax cuts to low and middle-income workers with low income workers
e-Newsletter: Moving Forward with the Morrison Government
National Shelter has written to the Prime Minister, the Hon. Scott Morrison M.P., congratulating the government on their return and raising the ongoing housing and homelessness issues the government has a responsibility to address. We have indicated we will review
Media Release: Morrison Government and Ministry
National Shelter has written to the Prime Minister, the Hon. Scott Morrison M.P., congratulating the government on their return and raising the ongoing housing and homelessness issues the government has a responsibility to address. We have indicated we will review
National Shelter Federal Election 2019 Guide
National Shelter has analysed the published policies of the ALP, Liberal Party and Greens against its own policy platform for the federal election in May. Click here to read National Shelter's guide to housing for voters for whom housing is a
Media Release – Housing’s Real Needs Not Dealt with by First Home Owners Saving Scheme
National Shelter calls on both major parties to extend their new bipartisanship on first home owner saver schemes to other more vital areas of housing policy. Over the past 23 years, social housing levels have dropped from 6% nationally to 4.8%
The New Daily – Six reasons why negative gearing changes won’t destroy the economy
The REIA and Property Council have joined forces, claiming the Labor Party’s proposed changes to negative gearing and capital gains tax “will have negative impacts on mum-and-dad investors, home owners, renters, the construction industry, state governments and the economy,” in the words of
National Shelter Federal Budget 2019 Analysis
Overall, we were disappointed at the absence of any housing measures while the funding for a royal commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation against people with disability is welcomed. There were a few measures for domestic and family violence
Submission to the National Regulatory System for Community Housing (NRSCH) Review
Click here to read our Submission to the 2019 NRSCH Review
Federal Budget 2019 Media Release – 5 Bucks a Week Won’t Dent the Rent
Adrian Pisarski National Shelter Spokesperson says, ‘The tax cuts offered by the government may add $5.00 to the budgets of people on incomes up to $708 per week. But $5 a week won’t dent the rent. Even $20 a week
ADRIAN PISARSKI: Tackling the Housing Crisis Properly Requires a National Housing Strategy
There is a plethora of well-intentioned research and opinion aimed at solving Australia’s growing housing crisis, including Labor’s proposed reforms to negative gearing and the capital gains tax discount. However, to be really effective, all of this must be considered