Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday announced $A1.2 billion in new funding to address homelessness.
The Prime Minister's office says the funding is part of a $A6 billion state and Commonwealth program that aims to halve the overall level of homelessness by 2020.
Mr Rudd says it's estimated some 105,000 Australians are homeless.
The plan includes 4,200 new homes for Aboriginal Australians in remote communities and improvements to another 4,800 Aboriginal homes.
Mr Rudd said it was part of a A$15.1 billion stimulus package agreed with Australia's state governments under a combined forum known as the Council of Australian Governments "that will stimulate the economy and generate up to 133,000 jobs over coming years."
Mr Rudd said in a statement that: "Reducing homelessness is a shared responsibility that will take a sustained financial and reform effort by all levels of government, business, charities and the community."
