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Free Mum Hugs Australia's warm embrace has 'life-changing' response

Ella Davidson gets a hug from Tasha Hungerford at the Sunshine Coast Mardi Gras 2022. (ABC Sunshine Coast: Meg Bolton)

An Australian group that gives free hugs to the LGBTQIA+ community says it's changing lives one embrace at a time. 

Sandy Collins started Free Mum Hugs Australia in 2019, based on a movement in the United States.

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