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Meet the displaced Aboriginal community seeking return to flood-prone homeland

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Residents of Cabbage Tree Island were forced to leave their homes back in 2022 after devastating floods. Shipping container-style pods were meant to be temporary housing arrangement but three years on and many families remained there. Last week's storms brought by Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred prompted residents to evacuate those pods as well, many hoping to return to the island one day.
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