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SHOCKING: Bikram lama - What They Never Told You

Rough sleepers are in public, but the public look away. This Adelaide program could provide an answer

Street Connect allows people to flag the location of a rough sleeper, triggering an outreach worker to visit them

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‘A sobering indictment’: 14 homeless people die a year in public parks or countryside in Australia, analysis finds

‘In just a few weeks homelessness has killed a baby, a young mother and a student,’ head of advocacy group says, calling for more investment in upcoming budget

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‘Came here with hope’ and ‘died unseen’: tearful crowd says goodbye to homeless man Bikram Lama

People gather at dusk under the fig tree canopy of Sydney’s Hyde Park to pay tribute to the 32-year-old who died nearby and lay undiscovered for up to a week

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Morning Mail: Trump among ‘likely’ targets of White House press dinner shooting; call for ‘birdman’ inquest; what is cosmeticorexia?

Details emerge of suspect in gala dinner shooting; inquest urged after death of Bikram Lama

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‘This has to be a wake-up call’: NSW attorney general urged to order inquest into death of Sydney’s ‘birdman’

Alex Greenwich says inquest crucial to understand which failures led to Bikram Lama’s death and to avoid similar deaths

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‘Immigration limbo’ left Bikram Lama homeless before he died in Hyde park. Calls are growing for change

Alliance of 48 councils across Australia issue damning statement calling for more support for people in ‘immigration limbo’, joining growing chorus

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Sydney business body calls for complete overhaul of homelessness response after ‘disturbingly lonely and tragic death’

Bikram Lama’s body lay undiscovered for up to a week in one of city’s busiest parks, prompting business lobby to call for greater welfare monitoring

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Afternoon Update: Labor to limit NDIS eligibility; ‘significant failures’ saw foster children placed with serial killer; and hunting for UFOs

Federal health minister Mark Butler announces major changes and says scheme is costing ‘too much and is growing too fast’

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Death of Sydney’s ‘birdman’ described as ‘beyond tragic’ by Albanese government

NSW housing and homelessness minister says Bikram Lama’s death shows the ‘gaps’ that people without residency can fall through

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Afternoon Update: Jewish man arrested for pro-Palestinian slogan; YouTuber investigated over Dezi Freeman hideout footage; and spotting an AI job scam

Stephen Heydt says he spoke in a custom-made T-shirt and was ‘charged with two offences: one for the shirt, one for the chanting’

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The death of Bikram Lama – Sydney’s ‘birdman’ of St James tunnel – has shaken me. What is happening to our city?

As individualistic as this place often is, I thought there still existed minimum standards when it came to how we see each other

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Morning Mail: Vance prepares for peace talks, gangs ‘rorting’ NDIS, how many bins is too many?

US vice-president is flying to Pakistan but Tehran’s involvement still in doubt; MPs told criminals are using disability insurance scheme to make money

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Morning Mail: The lonely death of ‘the birdman’, US shoots and seizes Iranian ship, and the independent fighting for Farrer

Questions over Australia’s homelessness services; US delegation heads for Iran war talks

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When ‘the birdman’ of St James tunnel died, Sydney commuters streamed past his body for days

Exclusive: The strange and lonely death of Bikram Lama exposes a glaring gap in homelessness services. What hopes and dreams brought him to Australia, and what went wrong?

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