1/47Coralie Moore sits on the end of her bed in the house she has abandon because it was making her more unwell. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
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2/47Water leaks through the tin walls outside and creates mould in the house. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
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4/47Coralie Moore sits on the end of her bed in the house she has abandon because it was making her more unwell. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
5/47Cracks in the awnings cause water to roll down the outside of the house and seep into the kitchen. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
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7/47Coralie Moore sits on the end of her bed in the house she has abandon because it was making her more unwell. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
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9/47Anne-Marie Lee outside her new single women’s quarter which she says floods in wet season. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
10/47Water rot in the cupboards and below the sink from burst pipes. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
11/47Larisa Lee’s was forced to dig trenches around the parameter of her home because it floods each year. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
12/47Water rot in the kitchen has forced residents to temporarily abandon the house. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
13/47Larisa Lee’s home in Baranga is sinking after years of flooding. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
14/47Territory Housing have dug a trench alongside Larisa Lee’s home in Baranga in an attempt to stop it flooding this year. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
15/47Larisa Lee’s and daughter in their asbestos filled home. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
16/47Larisa Lee’s daughter in their asbestos filled home. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
17/47Larisa Lee’s daughter in their asbestos filled home. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
18/47Water rot constantly rolls down the walls of Larisa Lee’s kitchen. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
19/47Larisa Lee’s home, which is full of asbestos, has chipped paint and cracked walls. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
20/47Larisa Lee’s daughters play in their water damaged bedroom after the house has flooded each year. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
21/47Chadwick Koimala has had multiple heart surgeries since he was diagnosed with rheumatic fever as a child. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
22/47Chadwick Koimala outside his home in Barunga. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
23/47Chadwick Koimala outside his home in Barunga. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
24/47Chadwick and Eilizabeth Koimala spend most of the afternoons on their porch where it is cooler than inside the overcrowded home. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
25/47Exposed wiring in the home has been left unfixed for months. (A)manda Parkinson
26/47Chadwick Koimala with his grandson inside their three bedroom home in Barunga. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
27/47Eilizabeth Koimala worries her husband may die before they get a healthy. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
28/47Eilizabeth Koimala inside her home in Barunga. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
29/47Tamnee Taiti on her front verandah is fed up with living in sewage because of broken pipes. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
30/47Maintenance was completed to the plumbing above the shower but the roof was left unplastered by workers, adding further water damage to the bathroom. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
31/47One of two outdoor bathrooms the family can’t use because of sewage spurting out the drains whenever they shower. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
32/47Kitchen sink leaks all over the floor every time the family tries to wash up. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
33/47Flooding has caused the foundations to move which has lifted tiles in the teenage daughters bedroom. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
34/47Tamnee Taiti and Adrian Walla in their home at Barunga. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
35/47Aleisha Scrubby and Jesse Ahfat are fed up with a their home which is constantly damp and humid from burst pipes. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
36/47Jessica Ahfat showers in a bathroom with broken tiles, blocked drains and mould after Territory Housing only provided temporary fixes to the plumbing in her home. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
37/47The kids sleep, live and play in the lounge room because all three bedrooms contain water rot. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
38/47Aleisha Scrubby, Jesse Ahfat and their five kids are confined to their living room after water damage and exposed wiring makes the rest of their home to unsafe to live in. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
39/47Father Jesse Ahfat, dries Jessica Ahfat after her shower in the dining room which doubles as her bedroom. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
40/47Alwyn prepares food in the water damaged kitchen where there are exposed wires. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
41/47The kids sleep, live and play in the lounge room because all three bedrooms contain water rot. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
42/47Aleisha Scrubby and Jesse Ahfat in their dining room which doubles as a bedroom for the family. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
43/47Aleisha Scrubby, Jesse Ahfat and their five kids are confined to their living room after water damage and exposed wiring makes the rest of their home to unsafe to live in. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
44/47The kids sleep, live and play in the lounge room because all three bedrooms contain water rot. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
45/47Jesse Ahfat and Aleisha Scrubby with Jessica Ahfat outside their home in Barunga. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
46/47Alwyn Scrubby tries to cool off in the shower which never drains properly causing mould. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
47/47Parents Aleisha Scrubby and Jesse Ahfat with daughter Tyleisha Ahfat, are fed up with water damage risking their children’s lives. Picture: (A)manda Parkinson
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