Oct 31, 2014

The NSW government began reforming Specialist Homelessness Services through a controversial plan, Going Home Staying Home. 

Under this new policy, it reduces almost half individual services and some of them closed after decades. Instead of direct funding being provided to small organizations, they are now have to compete with larger organizations to retain their funding and services. 

The new reforms worry many experts and feminists about the future situation of the victims of domestic violence. The government has not provided enough detail information. 

After 40 years of helping women and children, Australia’s first woman’s refuge, Elsie, is taken by St Vincent De Paul since September. 

To find out what is happening there, we spoke to its founder, Anne Summers. 

Reported by Cecily Huang
