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Senate Economics References Committee - Adelaide, SA (part 2 of 2)

10 November 2026

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Georgia Thain explains that youth workers often end up handling complex domestic, family and sexual violence issues while trying to secure housing for young people, and argues that embedding holistic, relational wrap-around support within housing services improves tenancy sustainment and enables re-engagement with education, family relationships and health needs.

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Appearance of Georgia Thain (Youth Affairs Council of South Australia)

00:00

Youth housing-first approach and wrap-around support models

00:00

Georgia Thain — importance of housing-first and holistic wrap-around youth support

00:00

South Australian youth policy settings and cross-government coordination

01:21

Question from Senator Lisa Darmanin on South Australian youth context and system coordination — answer by Georgia Thain

01:21

Youth housing-first approach and wrap-around support models (cont.)

06:25

Question from Senator Lisa Darmanin on effective models and Commonwealth investment — answer by Georgia Thain

06:25

Rural and regional youth housing challenges in South Australia

07:58

Question from Senator Lisa Darmanin on rural and regional youth housing challenges — answer by Georgia Thain

07:58

Appearance of Emma Baker and Mark Stephens (Australian Centre for Housing Research)

30:14

Opening statements

30:14

Professor Emma Baker — opening statement on social housing outcomes and housing quality

30:14

Professor Mark Stephens — opening statement on international roles and structural issues in social housing

35:03

Role, outcomes and broader benefits of social housing in Australia

38:28

Questions from Senator Lisa Darmanin on decline of social housing, health impacts and economic benefits — answers by Professors Baker and Stephens

38:28

International models and financing of social housing

43:17

Questions from Senator Lisa Darmanin on international delivery and finance models for social housing — answers by Professor Mark Stephens

43:17

Questions from Senator Richard Colbeck on renewal of older and experimentally built social housing stock — answers by Professor Mark Stephens

48:24

Questions from Senator Richard Colbeck on off-balance-sheet investment and stock transfer in the UK — answers by Professor Mark Stephens

51:54

Question from Senator Richard Colbeck on income inequality levels and Australia’s position — answer by Professor Mark Stephens

54:04

Questions from Senator Richard Colbeck on household size, occupancy patterns and alignment with housing stock — answers by Professor Emma Baker

56:09

Questions from Senator Richard Colbeck on provider scale versus localized management — answers by Professor Mark Stephens

59:36

Role, outcomes and broader benefits of social housing in Australia (cont.)

01:03:52

Questions from Senator Barbara Pocock on survey findings, health and ageing impacts of tenure — answers by Professor Emma Baker

01:03:52

International models and financing of social housing (cont.)

01:09:02

Questions from Senator Barbara Pocock on long-term financing and land value capture — answers by Professor Mark Stephens

01:09:02

Questions from Senator Barbara Pocock on extending Commonwealth Rent Assistance to public housing tenants — answers by Professor Mark Stephens

01:16:02

Final request from Senator Barbara Pocock for written international lessons — response by Professor Mark Stephens

01:19:54

Committee closing remarks and witness change

01:20:34

Closing of session with Australian Centre for Housing Research and timing for questions on notice

01:20:34

Appearance of Breo O'Brien (Australian Centre for Social Innovation)

01:21:26

Opening statements

01:21:26

Opening statement by Breo O'Brien (Australian Centre for Social Innovation)

01:21:26

Concept of home: agency, connection and identity

01:25:09

Question from Senator Barbara Pocock on the "nuance" of home and place — answer by Breo O'Brien

01:25:09

Involving lived experience in housing and planning decisions

01:28:15

Question from Senator Barbara Pocock on embedding lived experience in housing and planning design — answer by Breo O'Brien

01:28:15

Questions from Senator Lisa Darmanin on co-design methods and tenant agency in social housing — answers by Breo O'Brien

01:33:42

Follow‑up from Senator Lisa Darmanin on practical system shifts to reduce tenant "stuckedness" — answer by Breo O'Brien

01:37:28

Question from Senator Lisa Darmanin on neighbourhood benefits of good social housing — answer by Breo O'Brien

01:39:18

Question from Senator Richard Colbeck on integrating participatory concepts into existing systems without harming productivity — answer by Breo O'Brien

01:40:43

Follow‑up from Senator Richard Colbeck on early integration and long‑term productivity impacts — answer by Breo O'Brien

01:42:14

Questions from Senator Richard Colbeck on balancing mobility with tenure security and removing inhibitors — answers by Breo O'Brien

01:43:26

Committee closing remarks and witness change

01:47:11

Chair — closing of TACSI session and suspension of hearing

01:47:11

Appearance of Sarah Gafforini and Nick Tridente (Australian Institute of Architects)

01:47:56

Opening statements

01:47:56

Opening statements by Sarah Gafforini and Nick Tridente

01:47:56

Design quality and modern construction methods in social housing

01:59:14

Question from Senator Richard Colbeck on international construction methods and Australian practice — answers by Nick Tridente and Sarah Gafforini

01:59:14

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Senate Economics References Committee - Adelaide, SA (part 2 of 2)

10 November 2026

Senate Economics References Committee Mon, 9 Nov 2026 Parliament of Australia

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domestic, family, sexual violence support workers when they're actually just there to try and get this young person housing, so, and they don't necessarily feel like they're the, you know, equipped, best person to be doing it, so being able to incorporate the sort of youth work, holistic, relational support that helps young people navigate the multiple, complicated systems they're going to have to deal with, including the homelessness system, is something that we know, like evidence shows, it essentially, yeah, it strengthens the outcomes,

it helps them maintain their tenancies, and it has like a positive impact, not just in terms of housing, but it's also kind of that housing first approach, we're giving them housing and then the supports come in to wrap around them through the housing.

They need the housing to be able to re-engage with school, to be able to potentially reunify and strengthen family relationships again, to be able to address their mental health or AOD issues. Their housing is kind of like a very central key part of that, so we see housing support as a great opportunity to be able to embed that wraparound support to cover off all the other things that they need and help them navigate all the other systems they're probably dealing with.

01:15 - 01:21

Speaker 3

Thank you. We'll go to Senator Darmanin now, thank you.

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