Welcome to Tent City, the underside of WA's coronavirus success story
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English - October 24, 2020 21:05 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsNews Commentary News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The thin walls of Neville Riley’s makeshift tent do little to block the constant sound of passing cars and trains.
And if he was living in a different city when COVID-19 hit Australia, chances are Neville would have been given emergency accommodation months ago.
This week, Alex Mann investigates whether a historic opportunity to address homelessness in Western Australia has been lost.