Community Voices
Community Stories
“We’ve never been asked at what sort of house we’d like to live in.”
That’s why Goods exists. Every bed, every washing machine, every product starts with a conversation, not a catalogue. These are the voices that shape what we build.
23
Storytellers
across 8 places
500+
Minutes
of community feedback
8
Communities
across remote Australia
520+
Beds Delivered
and counting
Meet the People
Our Storytellers
The people who shape what we build. Every quote is from a real conversation.
Patricia Frank
ElderTennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
“We want to get bigger. We want to help other people, other language groups, other cultures.”
Dianne Stokes
ElderElder & Co-Designer
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
“I'm a traditional owner and where I live is in the boundary of my totem. I've been here almost 24 years without shelter. The only thing I had was my car.”
Gloria
ElderPerth, Western Australia, Australia
“Sleep on a good mattress. For the back, the legs, the muscles.”
Norman Frank
ElderWarumungu Elder
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
“I want to see a better future for our kids and better housing. Not only here but for the whole nation. We're all struggling today for housing.”
Walter
Kalgoorlie
“Good sleep. No sound, no people shouting. Just quiet.”
Fred Campbell
Alice Springs
“Good sleep. No sound, no people shouting. Just quiet.”
Jimmy Frank
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
“We challenge a lot of that and try to make a difference. Make it easier for our people to live in their homes.”
Linda Turner
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
“We've never been asked what sort of house we'd like to live in.”
Wayne Glenn
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
“It's a really simple idea to a really complex issue. One that can be taken and modified for individual families and communities.”
Annie Morrison
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
“I was looking at the beds. They're good. I was trying to ask them if they can make one for me.”
Chloe
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
“I've put up with clients going to hospital with pneumonia from sleeping on the ground because it's too cold. In summer they're scared to sleep because of snakes.”
Risilda Hogan
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
“I was living at the tin shed. Then I started working, got help from Stronger Families, and moved into this house.”
Gary
Mount Isa
“We had 150 men lead the march from our men's group. The women and kids came behind us. We marched through the street.”
Daniel Patrick Noble
Palm Island, Queensland, Australia
“A lot of them are low income earners. Just to have that extra cost of bringing things over, it all adds up. Sometimes people would rather go without.”
Brian Russell
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
“Back pain and all that. You're gonna be moving around with problems. That's why good beds matter.”
Mark
Townsville, Queensland, Australia
“We put together crates, tied them up with plastic, joined them together to make it look like a bed. Just to have something to sleep on.”
Tracy McCartney
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia
“I don't call this work. This is where I come to meet my friends. For me it's about building relationships with people.”
Ivy
Palm Island, Queensland, Australia
“Hardly any people around the community have got beds. When they got family members over, there's not enough for everyone.”
Melissa Jackson
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
“They like to have lower beds, especially for our older people.”
Alfred Johnson
Palm Island, Queensland, Australia
“You have to bring them on the barge. You can't just take them on the boat. You have to pay for freight. It all adds up.”
Cliff Plummer
Health Practitioner
Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia
“If I had two of those beds, I'd be okay.”
Carmelita & Colette
Palm Island, Queensland, Australia
“We do need rest. It's for our health: maintaining health and being well.”
Jason
Palm Island, Queensland, Australia
“When it comes from an Aboriginal person, it works. That's what makes the difference.”
Video
Hear from Community
Video testimonials and footage from communities across Australia
Testimonials
Jaquilane's Story
A community member shares their experience with Goods on Country.
Beds and Dignity
Cliff Plummer speaks about how essential goods connect to dignity and community health.
On Country
Building Together
Community members assembling beds together on country.
Community
Community gathering for bed delivery and assembly.
The Recycling Plant
Inside the containerised factory where community plastic becomes beds.
The Stretch Bed
Close-up of the bed assembly: no tools, under 5 minutes.
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