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· Couch surfing is an insidious form of homelessness affecting 17,000 Australian on any given night
· Half of all couch surfers are under the age of 25 and 60 per cent are female - many fleeing domestic violence.
· The campaign was launched by the NSW Minister for Families and Communities, Natasha Maclaren-Jones.
· The event launched a pilot of the MEND Couch Support Service a free multi-lingual web and text support service connecting couch surfers and their hosts to government assistance.
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