More people than ever before are living on the streets due to the nation's crippling cost-of-living crisis. While there was a welfare boost in the Budget, it has done little to dent the numbers.
The Australian homelessness monitor has found the number of people without a roof over their head has soared 8 per cent in four years — much more in regional areas.
Lexy Hamilton-Smith reports on the growing despair of having "no fixed address".
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