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Hundreds Push Back Against Aboriginal-Only Group Home in Quiet Suburb

More than 900 people in a coastal town of less than 6,000 have written to the local council objecting to the planned project.
Hundreds Push Back Against Aboriginal-Only Group Home in Quiet Suburb
An Aboriginal flag is seen in Bondi Beach during Australia Day celebrations, in Sydney, Australia, on Jan. 26, 2022. AAP Image/Jeremy Ng
Crystal-Rose Jones
Crystal-Rose Jones
6/30/2025|Updated: 6/30/2025
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Residents of a New South Wales waterfront suburb inhabited by families and the elderly are fighting plans for an Indigenous “group home” to be built in their midst.

Documents relating to the proposal describe the possibility of the home being used by the disadvantaged and disabled, but also leaves scope for it to be used for drug and alcohol rehab as a “halfway” house.

Crystal-Rose Jones
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Crystal-Rose Jones is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked at News Corp for 16 years as a senior journalist and editor.
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