Homelessness Humanitarian I Australian of the Year Finalist 2022 I Australian of the Year nominee 2024 I Founder of the “OG” Beddown
I am a fierce advocate for Shelter First, I truly believe it is the single most important and crucial step at this time to provide stability, safety, security and access to services for those who are homeless. It is important to also point out that this is a transitional step whilst housing stock scrambles to catch up, but once it does, it facilitates an easier pathway towards getting our people back in a home. We do have a national emergency when it comes to homelessness and we should afford the sector the powers of disaster management and the appropriate levels of funding to allow a quick response to mobilise shelters - like we can in times of natural disaster. The mental and physical toll homelessness is having on our people is unimaginable and will have far reaching consequences now and in to the future. We should be doing everything within our powers to make sure no one is left outside and suffering. Governments need to step outside their comfort zones and get comfortable with imperfect solutions - it is better in my view to take the risk on helping our people rather than taking the risk not to help our people. It is better to have tried, than to have not tried at all. #homelessness #nationalemergency #queensland #australia #disastermanagement #advocacy #nooneleftoutside #shelterfirst