[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] 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] This couple downsized after 40 years and helped solve overcrowding

Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

Elaine and Rod Smith didn't take long to say no when their community housing provider first asked them to consider moving out of the house they had lived in for 42 years.

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