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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Joe Hinchliffe

The lush gullies hiding the hard truths of Queensland’s housing crisis

Christine Barnes had to leave her home of almost four years on the outskirts of Gympie and now lives in her caravan.
Christine Barnes had to leave her home of almost four years on the outskirts of Gympie and now lives in her caravan. Photograph: Dan Peled/The Guardian

Amid Gympie’s green hills, tents jut out from gullies and highway rest stops, pregnant women sleep in parks and the homeless keep lifesaving medication cool in Eskies.

This is just the visible fruit of a crisis coursing unseen through streets and homes of this regional city.

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