Aboriginal Resource Unit (ARU)

 

CONTACT

Phone

(02) 4312 6747

Hours:

Mon:

9am - 5pm

Tue:

9am - 5pm

Wed:

9am - 5pm

Thu:

9am - 5pm

Fri:

9am - 5pm

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ABOUT

Aboriginal Resource Unit is the resourcing Service for the Aboriginal Tenants Advice and Advocacy Services.

This is a specialist Aboriginal Service. Non-Aboriginal tenants please contact your local tenants' service.

NEWS

Tenancy law has changed in NSW

After many years of campaigning, NSW renters won some significant improvements to tenancy law over 2024-2026. Find out more...
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Koori Renters Kit

Clear, practical, and culturally-informed info about renting laws in NSW, so mob know their rights, responsibilities, and options.
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Rights & Roofs: TAAS Conference 2025

Tenant Advocates from across NSW came together in Wiradjuri for the annual TAAS Conference.
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Submission: Investigation into Minimum Energy Efficiency Rental Standards

Submission on the NSW Government's consultation paper investigating the implementation of minimum energy efficiency rental standards. Our responses are guided by our work with renters, the…
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Advancing Tenant Voice: Examining Tenant Participation

This report looks at 40 years of tenant participation initiatives in NSW public housing and explores them further through a case study of the Hamilton South estate in Newcastle.
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Webinar: NSW tenancy reform – What's changed? What do we still want?

NSW rental laws have changed significantly over the last couple of years – but what do they actually look like in practice?
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Energy efficiency rental standards – renters have your say!

The Minimum Energy Efficiency Rental Standards (MEERS) consultation is now open. Here's how you can contribute.
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Job opportunity: Paralegal (Aboriginal Support)

Join the team working for housing justice!
A part-time Paralegal is required to join the legal practice of the Centre working to address housing legal issues for and with Aboriginal…
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Submission: Intergenerational Housing Inequity

Tenants' Union submission to the Select Committee on Intergenerational Housing Inequity
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Land lease community home owner seeks action on nuisance fairy in the garden

Some residents’ homes in this land lease community have been inundated with fairy grass.
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Removal of residents’ mailboxes

One essential service was recently removed for some land lease community residents, namely their mailboxes.
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ARPRA Successfully Advocates for Liquor Licence Exemption for Over 55’s Communities

New liquor licence exemptions make it unnecessary for a liquor licence to be held for eligible communities. However eligible communities must meet specific criteria.
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El Lago tenants awarded compensation for untenable conditions

Tenants at El Lago launched Tribunal action over villas which were far from secure or reasonably fit for habitation, and offered little in the way of peace, comfort and quiet enjoyment.
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Land lease home owners press for urgency on legislative reforms for site repairs

For a number of home owners the need for major site repairs has been becoming unmanageable and detrimental to their homes.
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Tenancy law has changed in NSW

After many years of campaigning, NSW renters won some significant improvements to tenancy law over 2024-2026. Find out more...
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