00:02Claimed as a success by the Territory Government, its new transitional accommodation site at
00:08Batchelor, 100 kilometres away from Darwin, is sheltering 23 people.
00:14The lease ended and this government delivered a new facility, reviewed every resident, protected
00:20those with medical needs and made sure this service goes to the people who genuinely need
00:26it.
00:26Northern Territory Senator Mullendary McCarthy told the Senate overnight there are more
00:31questions than answers.
00:33Batchelor has limited policing and access to medical services, no public bus, a taxi to
00:40Darwin costs hundreds of dollars.
00:43And expressed concern for families she met at Yissa when news first broke in July about
00:49the closure of the city's largest short stay facility.
00:52I spoke to a grandmother who was the sole carer for her grandchildren.
00:57Her daughter, their mother, had died by suicide and she was left with nowhere to go.
01:03Another woman pointed to a deep scar on her forehead and said to me, a bad man did this to
01:09me.
01:10The Territory Government says there are low numbers at the Batchelor site because work was done to
01:15shift most residents into public housing, other transitional homes or back to remote communities.
01:21But questions remain about those unaccounted for on the streets and in overcrowded family homes.
01:28I will tell you where these people have had to go.
01:33They're sleeping rough on the streets of Darwin or in the long grass.
01:38They're sleeping rough on the streets of Palmerston or in the long grass.
01:43They've returned to partners that it's not safe for them to be with.
01:48The Government has not yet responded to questions about the supports being provided to women
01:53and children fleeing violence.
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