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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Women children at risk as homelessness system buckles - Caught on Camera

Homelessness Australia Kate Colvin AIHW Mission Australia

Many women and children who are homeless have fled family violence. (Aap Image/AAP PHOTOS)

Women and their children are bearing the brunt of a homelessness system stretched to capacity, with services experiencing a surge in demand.

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has found specialist homelessness services receive an average of 353 requests for help every day that they can't meet.

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