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‘I just want to go home’: the locked-out Queenslanders trapped in no man’s land

Hundreds of people are stuck in northern NSW, living in cars and tents – and running out of time

Surrounded by cane fields that stretch out to the Border Ranges, the showgrounds in the northern New South Wales town of Murwillumbah are normally spectacularly pretty.

But this week, when the ranges were lost in mist and rain was coming down, it was decidedly desultory. In the camping area of the showgrounds, people have set up makeshift homes. Some this week were succumbing to depression and despair. Everything was wet: feet, socks, bedding.

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