Team

Murray Benton is an Aboriginal Barkindji Koori man from Central West New South Wales who brings a wealth of knowledge in regional practice across social and community services.

Murray has contributed significantly to the delivery and ongoing success of the Queensland Community Housing Futures Program. Before joining the team, Murray worked for a regional Tier 3 Community Housing Provider. He holds an impressive record of collaborating with government departments and non-government agencies to transform culturally competent and trauma-informed teams to deliver specialist homelessness and dignity services. His work spans community housing, crisis response and accommodation programs, case management and risk, state and federal emergency relief, primary sexual and reproductive health and antenatal care, natural disaster recovery response, domestic family violence support, multicultural migrant support, and Queensland’s first local housing action plan.

Murray is also a member of the Child Death Review Board with the Queensland Family and Child Commission, a Board Director of Bendigo Bank Gympie Branch, and a Community Partner with White Ribbon Australia.

Eloise brings a broad range of diversity and experience in both community engagement and building environment fields. With a background in Community Development, Elle established her career working with communities internationally in northern India and Nepal living in insecure housing such as tents or self-made structures. It was here that Elle conducted a transnational impact assessment while leading students and other professionals through programs and people engagement.

Since returning to Australia, Elle has been working alongside urban designers, planners and landscape architects to bring more local people into the co-design space. She has worked with local Councils and State Government departments across Australia with a focus on South-East Queensland on streetscape and precinct activations, master plans, grant programs and specifically a suburb naming. “My favourite part of any project is working closely with community organisations to build their capacity to positively impact the development of their neighbourhoods”.

It’s with her vast knowledge, passion and ambition we welcome Elle to the Community Housing Futures team where she can further fuel her passion for a society where everyone has the right to social and affordable housing. Elle believes that a diversified, accessible and sustainable housing system will bring about empowerment for all Queenslanders.