The program is shaped by sector leaders and features the latest research, leading policy ideas, and best practice examples of homelessness service provision in Australia and internationally. The theme of this year's conference is Homelessness: Disrupting the narrative.
The conference will be held in Darwin, 7-8 October 2026 with Host Government Partner, Northern Territory Government Department of Children and Families.
23rd October 2026 in News
More than 700 delegates from government, not-for-profit and the wider homelessness sector gathered in Darwin, on Larrakia Country, for the biennial Australian Homelessness Conference on 7–8 October 2026. Drawing on voices from across Australia, they challenged the narratives dominating homelessness, examined what needs to change, and set out practical steps to combat housing precarity.
24th September 2026 in News
LGBTQIA+ and gender diverse people are significantly overrepresented among Australians experiencing homelessness, yet they remain among the least visible and most poorly served people in the system. Family rejection, discrimination and violence drive many into housing crisis, and heavily gendered, non-affirming services too often keep them from seeking help at all.
23rd September 2026 in News
Women are the fastest-growing cohort in Australian prisons — and for most, the sentence doesn't end at release. It continues into homelessness.
That's the confronting reality at the heart of this session which makes the case that this isn't an accident, but a predictable outcome of how housing and justice systems are designed.
The Australian Homelessness Conference, Australia's largest homelessness conference, will be held in Darwin in 2026.
Darwin Convention Centre
10 Stokes Hill Road, Darwin NT 0800
