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‘I KEPT MY HOMELESSNESS A SECRET’

Mother-of-four Tamara Firth remembers her terrifying first night living on the street as if it were yesterday.

Having recently separated from her husband of 30 years and with nowhere to go, she parked her car by the beach, locked the doors and did her best to sleep. The next morning, she went to her TAFE course as if she hadn’t just experienced one of the worst nights of her life.

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