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SEARMS Tenant Advisory Group – Batemans Bay area (postcodes 2536 & 2537)

Posted on 21 Nov 2023

SEARMS is seeking applications from its Tenants and Registered Occupants to join its Batemans Bay Area Tenant Advisory Group SEARMS manages around 480 properties – mostly on behalf of other Aboriginal housing Owners such as the AHO (government), Local Area Land Councils and Aboriginal housing organisations.  We also own and manage our own housing stock.

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SEARMS Chair, Tom Slockee: NAIDOC Male Elder Award Finalist

Posted on 7 Jun 2023

It gives us great pride and pleasure to share that SEARMS Chairperson and lifelong Aboriginal housing advocate “Uncle Tom” Slockee has been selected as a National NAIDOC Male Elder Award finalist. The annual National NAIDOC Week Awards recognise the incredible contributions that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people make to their communities to improve the lives of others. The Awards not only celebrate outstanding community members, but they also encourage future generations whilst remembering the nation’s 65,000-year-old history.

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FAQ: SEARMS Secondary Dwellings

Posted on 15 Feb 2022

Last year SEARMS’ held a Q&A with the tenants of potential sites in our Batemans Bay community.  Following that session and further engagement, we received consent from 10 SEARMS’s tenants to proceed.  We’ve created a FAQ to answer the most common questions from tenants and the wider community.

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