Day One - Housing & Service Infrastructure
Tuesday 8th June, 2010

8:30
Registration, coffee & networking
9:00
Welcome to Country
Uncle Des Sandy
9:10
Welcoming remarks from the Chair
Lenore Dembski
Paperbark Woman
REDUCING THE GAP THROUGH HEALTHY HOMES
9:20
Data to inform housing needs: National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Social Survey

  • Housing tenure, costs and condition - what does the data tell us?
  • Relationships between housing circumstances and key social indicators
  • Comparison of housing circumstances across time and remoteness

Sybille McKeown, Director,
National Centre for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics
DELIVERY MODELS
10:00
Thinking outside the box: Creating flexibility in project design for innovative solutions

  • Situating the importance of houses within a broader reform framework
  • Creating a principle-based framework for application across local contexts
  • Factoring in experimental and developmental errors in project design to encourage innovation
Paul Howorth
Thinking and Advocacy for Indigenous People & Organisations
10:40
Morning tea & networking
11:10 CASE STUDY:
Using ‘the living ground’ for sustainable remote housing

  • The Jack Thompson Foundation’s vision, its success in Arnhem Land, and the Utopian project
  • The living ground – its value and potential in building projects
  • Effective transfer of knowledge and training for local program ownership
  • Appropriate homeland accommodation for building trainers to enhance employment opportunities
John Mofflin, General Manager & Founding Director
Jack Thompson Foundation
11:50 CASE STUDY:
Time efficient & cost effective construction strategies for all communities

  • Improving community employment and training opportunities throughout the project duration and beyond
  • Using community informed designs
  • Holistic management for sustainable living environments
Russell Logan, Director
Paul Dodd, Director
World Indigenous Cultural Exchange & Economic Development Organisation
ENABLING COMMUNITY GROWTH & INDEPENDENCE
12:30
Strategies for creating economically independent communities

  • Matching economic investment to housing invest for ongoing community prosperity
  • The importance of whole-of-community investment in closing the gap
  • Creating jobs for community independence
Joseph Elu AO, Mayor
Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council
1:10
Lunch
2:30
Self-determination: The path to improving housing in urban communities

  • The challenges of remaining a viable Aboriginal Housing Company
  • Overcoming entrenched mistrust between Government and communities for better collaboration
  • Ensuring mutual accountability and transparency from Government and service providers
Michael Mundine, CEO
Aboriginal Housing Company
3:10
Enabling community-centric sustainable development

  • Challenging existing governance structures and processes in Indigenous planning
  • Strategies to incorporate Indigenous values and knowledge into planning frameworks
  • The AHC Pemulwuy Project: A shift from managing houses to building sustainable communities
Dr Angela Pitts, Social Planner
AHC Pemulwuy Project
3:50
Afternoon tea & Networking
4:20
Roundtable Discussion

Delegates will break into groups to discuss key components of the discussion and future strategies.
5:20
Closing remarks from the Chair
5:30
Close of Day One
6:15
Networking Dinner

All conference delegates and speakers are invited to attend a complimentary networking dinner.