Dr Foley said that voluntary bodies found themselves not only assisting in finding accommodation but in paying bonds and helping in the purchase of beds and furniture. It is placing increasing strain on them, and the demand looks unlikely to decline. And even for the permanent, sponsored refugees, housing conditions may not be good, Dr Foley said. While the focus of the research is on housing provision, other information is likely to emerge relating to the social, employment, language and other problems refugees are experiencing. You need secure housing tenure to be able to go out and get a job.
Housing is the first foundation stone to build on for long-term settlement.
We want to identify the best methods of assistance, to highlight best practice models. We need to know what the problems are and how best to overcome them. She's back, she'll probably be in the Senate after the Federal election, and her party look set to have a parliamentary presence at both State and Federal level for at least the next decade. According to Flinders University politics lecturer Dr Haydon Manning, Pauline Hanson has not only defied the commentators who had written off One Nation, but has consolidated her personal appeal following the party's good showing in the Western Australian and Queensland elections. In analysing the election results, Dr Manning said the media pendulum had now swung back too far, with some journalists attempting to credit One Nation with the surprise Labor victory.