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[Link] I live with 28 other men — and my wife. The power of connection changed everything for me
Read: 30/1/2022 www.abc.net.au
COVID has brought to light just how traumatic disconnection can be, especially for young people. Loneliness, after all, has been described as its own sort of epidemic.
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[Link] Park lands hub helps Aboriginal rough sleepers return to Country
Read: 9/12/2021 indaily.com.au
Puti on Kaurna Yerta in the southern park lands. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDailySince opening in October, the Puti on Kaurna Yerta hub has helped 75 Aboriginal people – approximately half of whom came from the Northern Territory – to travel from Adelaide back to Country.
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[Link] More than 60% of people visiting Melbourne vaccination hub did not have Medicare card
Read: 8/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
More than 60% of people who visited a Melbourne vaccination centre targeting those facing disadvantage did not have a Medicare card, while about 5% were probably homeless, figures show.
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[Link] Tennant Creek Aboriginal leaders say $80m aid package prompted by toddler's rape is being misdirected
Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
John Fitz Jakamarra and the other members of Tennant Creek's Apurtu traditional owner group feel the Central Australian town is descending into chaos.
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[Link] A homeless man who died after being severely burned is being remembered as a gentle soul
Read: 19/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
Aged in his 50s, Daniel Tommerup was cooking a steak outside Milton Hall on Frederick Street in Launceston's CBD when his clothes caught alight. He suffered burns to his lower body and was flown for treatment to the Royal Hobart Hospital, where he later died.
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[Link] Telstra to make public pay phone calls around Australia free
Read: 3/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
Australians will be able to make free calls from public pay phones across the country under a new Telstra initiative.
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