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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus

South Australia considering making reporting of homelessness deaths mandatory

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The South Australian government is to consider a proposal for the mandatory reporting of homelessness deaths to the coroner. Photograph: Dave Hunt/AAP

The South Australian government will consider a proposal to mandate the reporting of homelessness deaths. The move follows revelations that hundreds of rough sleepers are dying premature, preventable deaths.

The South Australian Alliance to End Homelessness wrote to the SA attorney general, Kyam Maher, this week urging him to follow New South Wales and consider a proposal for the mandatory reporting of homelessness deaths to the coroner.

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