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Sarah's young mother is desperate to find a new home in Melbourne's outer suburbs, but she keeps getting turned down

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Sarah Keating is in a race to find a rental property before her two-year-old son grows out of bed. Key points: Rental prices in several of Melbourne’s outer southeast suburbs have seen strong growth in the past year A real estate agent says landlords are raising rents because of concerns about rising interest rates Proponents fear vulnerable people will be increasingly locked out of the rental market The 21-year-old single mother currently lives with relatives in the southeast outside Melbourne. He shared a room with Ryder’s son, but soon the two of them wouldn’t fit. “I’m trying to find a bigger place to start our life and our family’s life so he has his own room, I have his own room,” he said. “I just can’t find it anywhere. “My son can’t sleep in my bed every night with me. He needs his own bed.” Ms Keating said she had been looking for a two-bedroom place in Melbourne’s outer southeast – suburbs such as Dandenong, Pakenham, Officer, Beaconsfield, Noble Park and Clyde – for about si

My father sparked my love for outer space. I hope he sees a picture of James Webb

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Load Later, Dawes became the inspiration for Kate Grenville astronomer Daniel Rooke di Lieutenant (2008), before appearing as herself, instructs Elizabeth Macarthur in stargazing, at Room Made of Leaves (2020). And at Ashley Hay’s Body in the Cloud (2010), Dawes is one of three characters united by their attraction to stars. Others are 1930s bridge workers and modern bankers. Dawes described Sydney Harbor as having “a few tricks” to its appearance, “like the inside of a telescope”. Despite being separated by time, all three miraculously see the same fallen man. It’s surprising how often astronomy appears in fiction about death. In the work of Kathleen Watson Broken Dream House (1908), astronomer Eric was the only child of a single mother. His career epitomizes his lofty ideals, but his obsession with heroism has devastating consequences. D’Arcy Niland writes about a girl who learns to live without her father at Call Me When The Cross Turns (1957, named after the annual ro