Good morning. Today Guardian Australia launches Out in the Cold, a 12-month investigation into homelessness deaths, which found these vulnerable Australians die, on average, three decades prematurely.
Our examination of 600 cases begins with Roger Davies, 42, a rough sleeper and army veteran who died with fractures to nine ribs. Despite this, police concluded there was “no evidence of suspicious circumstances” and he was sent to a pauper’s grave without his family being notified for more than two years.
