Indigenous Fact Sheets

The Tenants’ Union of Queensland conducts an Indigenous Tenant Education Program (ITEP) in the north of the state. The project worker, Pat Cora, is based in Cairns at the Tenants’ Union’s North Queensland Office.

The ITEP project has produced a series of 9 one-page fact sheets for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tenants. These fact sheets are in plain English with Creole translations on the opposite side.

Indigenous / Creole PDF fact sheets cover key tenancy issues including;

Your Tenancy – Tenancy Blo you [106kB]
General Standard of the Premises – General Standard blo da Premises [108kB]
Rents (or levies and service charges) [100kB]
Privacy [124kB]
Maintenance, Damages & Repairs [113kB]
Visitors and Guests – Visitors ane guests (Pamle) [107kB]
Resolving Disputes – Solve E Problem [112kB]
Terminations [97kB]

The ITEP project also produces a regular newsletter to keep communities up to date with news and community issues. To request a copy of the latest edition email Pat Cora in the North Queensland office at ITEP@tuq.org.au.