Thousands of Australians went to India back when it seemed like coronavirus was under control.
Some went to care for elderly parents.
But, as Alex Mann discovers, their noble intentions counted for nothing when they were locked out of Australia and found themselves in a fight to survive and find a way home.

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Folge vom 13.06.2021How Australians are escaping India's Covid catastrophe
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Folge vom 06.06.2021The rural stoush fuelled by our chicken meat obsessionAs Australians eat more and more chicken, we need to find places to raise the animals. But as broiler sheds pop up across rural Victoria, the neighbours are learning that there are more downsides than the smell. A chicken shed next door can stop you building on your own land. Rachael Brown heads to Gippsland to investigate why Rosedale locals are worried that their area will soon be nicknamed 'Chickendale'.
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Folge vom 25.04.2021The memo that erased a scandalBallarat orphanage superintendent Hylton Sedgman was due to face nine child abuse charges. Buried in a 1964 file is the reason he never stood trial. Charlotte King investigates why.
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Folge vom 18.04.2021The Archbishop, the luxury pad, and the COVID-ravaged aged care homeIt was the site of Australia's deadliest coronavirus outbreak. This week, Ashlynne McGhee investigates how Melbourne's St Basil's Homes for the Aged has been funnelling tens of millions of taxpayer dollars into the Greek Orthodox Church.