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Bundaberg's Hinkler Lions Park refuge for homeless as Australia lucky country no more for some

As the sun sets in a small park on the outskirts of Bundaberg, a young mother says goodbye to her two children and heads off to work as their father reads them a bedtime book in a tent.

Nearby, an elderly man starts a generator to run a nebuliser that "keeps me alive" before the cool night air torments his lungs.

Cars roll in, and young couples unpack their swags for the night.

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