The Birdman of Surry Hills

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English - August 10, 2019 22:05 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratings
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From piles of rubbish to leaking sewers, rats, and gas leaks.

Pierre the Birdman is on a one-man mission to save his public housing block -- but he doesn’t own a computer, only just got a mobile phone, has never had legal training, and he barely finished high school.

Despite this... he’s been winning cases against the NSW Government.

Mario Christodoulou reports.