homelessness

There are over 7, 000 young homeless people in Victoria. For homeless youth, the city at night is a dangerous place.
 
Reporter Joseph Dunstan follows the story of Brian.

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Inspirational speeches, cinema etiquette and an Afghan culture tour in Dandenong. What more could you want from a podcast?
 
 
Cat Capers: Louis discusses a crackhouse cat
 
The Lo Down: We discuss what's new in the world of Lindsay Lohan
 
 
Hipster or Homeless?: A competition in which we describe a person's clothes, and you, the listeners vote on whether the person in question is homeless, or a pretentious douchebag. It's harder than you might imagine.

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When Michael was 17, after living in a string of different homes and facing mental health issues, he met foster carer Greg, who's now both his father figure and best friend. "If I didn't have him, I'd be out on the streets or even dead," he says.

There are over 6000 kids in need of foster care in Victoria alone - often coming from broken homes with histories of domestic violence and drug and alcohol abuse.

Beau Donelly reports.

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We've all heard about international students doing it tough in Melbourne, but there is a place looking out for them.

Panorama's Beau Donelly and Nick Toscano ate Indial lentil filos, lamb kebabs and party-pies at Melbourne's new international student drop-in centre on Bourke Street. They had a chat to some of the students and volunteers about the new program run by the Salvation Army.

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