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Victims of defective bushfire rebuilds plead for federal government help, facing fourth winter with no home

Cathy and John Fawbert look out across their property in Yowrie near the south-east NSW town of Cobargo with despair, as they face a fourth winter living in a shed.

When the Black Summer bushfires of 2019–20 left their home in ashes, they were covered by insurance.

But the couple lost everything a second time around, in an unfortunate deal with a local builder.

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