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Homeless people in Brisbane: What happens if you are not 'ordinary'?

By John McCulloch - posted Friday, 15 September 2000


  • Immunisation
  • Nutrition
  • Scabies
  • Mental health/depression

Classes/courses on various life skills issues such as:

  • Shopping
  • Nutrition
  • Cooking
  • Sewing
  • Filling in forms
  • Job applications
  • Job interviews
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Education:

  • Literacy
  • Computer learning
  • Art

Why should the "drop in" centre be only for women? Experience has shown that joint centres tend to be dominated by the men. Also, a woman who has just fled from a domestic violence situation certainly does not want to access a centre full of men. Even women from non-violent situations don’t necessarily want to be ogled at a "drop in" centre.

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About the Author

John McCulloch AO is the convenor of the Homelessness Taskforce 99. He is a part-time researcher for St Vincent de Paul and a tutor in the School of Management at QUT.

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