![Andrew slept on the streets for more than a decade, rotating in and out of prison. He says having a stable house helped him piece his life together and has kept him out of jail [Ali MC/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/16.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
In the state of Victoria, a third of all those leaving prison become homeless.
![A public housing estate in Melbourne’s inner-city suburb of Fitzroy. Melbourne has a lack of affordable options for people experiencing homelessness, and young people like Rachel are often forced to sleep in friends' houses or even in their cars [Ali MC/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/15.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
When Rachel was 12 years old she saw her father murder her mother. Traumatised, she ended up homeless.
![Naomi is an Indigenous survivor of domestic violence. She says more needs to be done to tackle the issue within her community. Indigenous women are 35 times more likely to experience domestic violence than non-Indigenous women [Ali MC/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/10-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Domestic violence is the number one cause of homelessness in the country, where almost 50 percent of homeless are women.
![Uncle Jack outside his council flat. Part of Australia’s Indigenous ‘Stolen Generations’ he became homeless after being sexually abused and turning to drugs to cope with the trauma of being removed from his family [Ali MC/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/6-2.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
For decades, 77-year-old Uncle Jack was a familiar face on Australian TVs. He was also homeless and addicted to heroin.
![Phil spent a decade experiencing homelessness and waited six years for a public house to become available. He now sells the Big Issue magazine on the streets of Melbourne to support himself [Ali MC/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/2-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
When 50-year-old Phil lived on the streets of Melbourne he would sleep on traffic islands as they felt safer.
![The lockdown in Sydney has been extended until August 28 [Saeed Khan/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/000_9FP467.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Government says system is ‘99.99-percent effective’ but Delta-driven lockdowns prompt calls for change.
![Australian music venues and festivals have been forced to close because of COVID-19, including Bluesfest [File: Kabir Dhanji/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/h_52671599.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Music industry says government must support music as it does sport amid draconian curbs on live music, dancing.
![Marhaba Yakub Salay, centre, with her parents Bahar Mamtimin, left, and Yakub Sabir, right, holding a photograph of sister and daughter Mayila Yakufu who they say is currently detained by the Chinese government. Australian Uighurs told Al Jazeera they have been unable to contact family members in China for years [Courtesy of Marhaba Yakub Salay]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Families fear that Australia is being too cautious on issue because of China’s economic might.
![China has accused Australian Yang Hengjun, standing right at a book launch and birthday celebration with his friend Feng Chongyi, of spying [Courtesy of Feng Chongyi]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/7846381574220129923.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
The 56-year-old was detained in early 2019 in Guangzhou and is one of a number of foreigners facing charges of espionage
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Day remembers the sacrifice of those who went to war, but there is little acknowledgement of those who objected.