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"Hundreds of Australians experiencing homelessness are dying more than 30 years
prematurely in a nationwide crisis fuelled by despair, critical housing
shortages, a breakdown in health provision, violence on the streets and
failures of the justice system.
A 12-month
Guardian Australia investigation identifying and examining more
than 600 cases has found people experiencing homelessness are dying at an
average age of 44, a shocking life expectancy gap that experts say is worse
than any other disadvantaged group in the country.
Using analysis of hidden death reports to state and territory coroners, a
review of 10 years’ worth of publicly available inquest findings, and
interviews with dozens of homeless Australians, victims’ families, frontline
support workers and researchers, the
Guardian has found many of the deaths
were both preventable and inextricably linked to the critical undersupply of
housing and support services.
Despite this, documents show federal and state governments rejected or ignored
a push from the homelessness sector in 2021 to take even the basic step of
counting homelessness deaths, a measure adopted in the UK to understand the
scale of the problem and formulate policy responses."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
