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People Who Are Homeless
or at Risk of Being Homeless
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Without any acceptable roof over
their heads, e.g. living on the street,
under bridges, in deserted buildings
•
Moving between various forms of
temporary or medium-term shelter
such as hostels, refuges, boarding
houses or friends’ places
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Constrained to living permanently
in single rooms or in private
boarding houses.
People Who Live in Rural and
Remote Areas:
Rural and remote refers to those
areas outside of major cities defined
by a number of different official
geographical classifications.
People Who Are Financially or
Socially Disadvantaged:
Individuals who, for whatever reason,
are without ongoing financial
support as a result of incurred debt,
unemployment, age or disability.
These individuals may also be socially
vulnerable as a result of perception or
inaccessibility, or have a tendency for
self-isolation.
People Who Are Care Leavers:
A person who was in institutional care
or other forms of out-of-home care
including foster care, as a child or youth
(or both) at some time during the 20th
century. Care leavers include Forgotten
Australians, former child migrants and
people from the Stolen Generation.
46 People from Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender, Intersex and Queer and
Asexual (LGBTIQ+) Communities:
“LGBTIQ+” refers collectively to people
who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender, Intersex, Asexual and the
+ represents minority gender identities
and sexualities not explicitly included
in the term LGTBTIQ+. These five
distinct but sometimes overlapping
groups are part, but not all, of what
we mean when we speak about
“LGBTIQ+” communities/ populations.
People Who Are Veterans of the
Australian Defence Force or an
Allied Defence Force:
A member of the veteran community
is broadly defined as a veteran of the
Australian or Allied Defence Force,
or a spouse or widow/er of a veteran.
Parents Separated from Their
Children by Forced Adoption
or Removal:
Forced adoption or removal involves
where a child’s natural parent,
or parents, were compelled to
relinquish a child for adoption.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait
Islander Communities:
Individuals who identify as Aboriginal
and/or Torres Strait Islander are
considered a special needs group
due to the historical social, health and
educational disadvantage of Aboriginal
and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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