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NT government’s years-long public housing waitlist putting a strain on remote health system

Preston Mapuyu is on a public housing waitlist that on average takes more than half a decade to see any movement – but due to a chronic lung condition, he may not have that long to wait. 

Nurses in remote north-east Arnhem Land say a housing shortage has become potentially "life-threatening for patients" such as Mr Mapuyu, and is simultaneously burdening the health system.

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