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‘This has to be a wake-up call’: NSW attorney general urged to order inquest into death of Sydney’s ‘birdman’
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‘This has to be a wake-up call’: NSW attorney general urged to order inquest into death of Sydney’s ‘birdman’

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The New South Wales attorney-general, Michael Daley, has been urged to order an inquest into the death of Nepali rough sleeper Bikram Lama in Hyde Park. The death of Lama – who was also known as “the birdman” for his love of the area’s pigeons – has prompted widespread calls for change, after Guardian Australia revealed last week that the young migrant’s body lay unnoticed for up to a week in bushes near a busy thoroughfare into St James station. Lama’s family say he came to Australia to study, but he fell out of contact with them, and records show he was deemed a non-resident by the time of his death. The City of Sydney estimates about one in five rough sleepers in the inner-city are not Australian residents. Sign up for the Breaking News Australia email Non-residents are typically unable to access key supports needed to get out of homelessness, including social housing, social security, healthcare and work rights.…

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