There has been a mountain of news coverage of the horrible conditions individuals and families are living in within private rooming houses. This dates back at least three years and we have tried to include as many links as possible on this page.Rooming houses in the news

05/12/09 - Farewell to Phil - Chris Johnston, The Age

03/12/09 - Search on for Banyule's illegal rooming houses - Karen Poh, Heidelberg Leader

17/11/09 - Housing type isn't fixable - Kate Swan, Sunbury Macedon Leader

17/11/09 - Brimbank housing a numbers game - Paula Maud, Brimbank Leader

15/11/09 - Room for ideas - Shaun Campbell, Maroondah Leader

10/11/09 - Slumlords to shape up or ship out - Sandro Olivo, Leader Community Newspapers online

10/11/09 - Boarder shake-up - Casey Neill, Star News Group

09/11/09 - Crackdown looms on rooming houses - Northcote Leader

Link to the Leader Newspaper group's outstanding coverage of the rooming house issue this year

05/11/09 - Sheds for beds - Bridget Brady, Star News Group

05/11/09 - Hope is where the heart is - Paul Austin, The Age

03/11/09 - Rooming house assurance - Suzanne Robson, Whittlesea Leader

03/11/09 - Govt plans rooming house cleanup - Nicole Precel, Star News Group

03/11/09 - A rooming relief for Brimbank - Sasha Shtargot, Brimbank Leader

01/11/09 - Victoria invests $77 million to boost housing supply - The Government Monitor, London

31/10/09 - Crackdown on rooming houses - Paul Austin, The Age

30/10/09 - Rooming house shake-up - ABC News online

30/10/09 - Vic Govt targets dodgy rooming houses - Melissa Jenkins, AAP / The Age, Nine MSN Online News, The West Australian & Yahoo News

30/10/09 - Government acts on rooming houses - Suzanne Robson, Preston Leader

28/10/09 - More focus urged for houses - Karen Poh, Heidelberg Leader

25/10/09 - Crackdown on rooming houses - Tom Reilly, The Sunday Age

22/10/09 - Moreland Council backs rooming house safety overhaul - Tessa Hoffman, Moreland Leader

21/10/09 - Fine words, but follow-up needed - The Age

20/10/09 - City rooming fight - Maribyrnong Leader

20/10/09 - Maribyrnong's rooming fight - Maribyrnong Leader

20/10/09 - Avoid defunct rooming house firm: Consumer Affairs - Whittlesea Leader

Coroner's inquest into rooming house fire

19/10/09 - Rooming house changes backed - Moreland Leader

19/10/09 - Couple live in dread of attacks - Moreland Leader

7/10/2009 - Damning report should open doors to safer rooming houses - The Age

6/10/2009 - Deceit proceeded deaths - Whittlesea Leader

6/10/2009 - State to recommend improving rooming houses - Whittlesea Leader

6/10/2009 - Seven houses to be registered with Council - Whittlesea Leader

6/10/2009 - A stigma that hits home - The Age

5/10/2009 - Fire Deaths Fallout - Moreland Leader

2/10/2009 - Death Traps: The growing problem of substandard rooming houses - ABC TV Stateline

30/09/2009 - Calls for tenancy reforms following deaths - The Age

29/09/2009 - Boarding house 'flouted safety rules' - The Age online

29/09/2009 - Death house run behind 'wall of secrecy' - Herald Sun & AAP & Perth Now

30/09/2009 - Mentally ill man evicted from rooming house for having assistance dog

28/9/2009 - Action plan under way - Moreland Leader

28/9/2009 - Still waiting for inspectors

15/9/2009 - Waiting on promise for rooming house inspectors

8/9/2009 - Rooming-house plea from Laverton and Altona residents - Hobsons Bay Leader

2/9/2009 - Melbourne wants to bring city's homeless in from the cold

2/9/2009 - Public housing tenants out on the street

2/9/2009 - Plea to dob in a dodgy landlord - Northcote Leader

1/9/2009 - House goes straight - Whittlesea Leader

1/9/2009 - Committee advice soon

06/08/09 - Homeless mums fear help - Swinburne Uni research, Science Alert online

14/8/2009 - Operator of rooming company raided

30/7/2009 - Speak out on rooming house call - Hume Leader

29/7/2009 - Call to come in sooner with a doona

27/7/2009 - Slumlords put on notice - no link available

23/7/2009 - Rooming houses on notice

23/7/2009 - Scrutiny on dodgy Boroondara house operators

22/7/2009 - Experts agree rooming house situation is dire - no link available

21/7/2009 - Blitz on rooming houses

21/7/2009 - Out in the cold www.senews.com.au/story/77426

21/7/2009 - Rooming house dump in Monash - Waverley Leader

20/07/09 - Dodgy house blitz welcomed in Yarra Ranges - Lilydale & Yarra Valley Leader

16/07/09 - Couple among hundreds of homeless in western suburbs - Paula Maud, Brimbank Leader

16/7/2009 - Rooming operators on notice www.theage.com.au/national/rooming-operators-on-notice-20090715-dli4.html

15/7/2009 - Rooming house residents missing out - Melbourne Times

15/7/2009 - Forum aims to open doors for the homeless

15/7/2009 - Labor rooming house initiatives too little, too late

15/7/2009 - Taskforce paves way for rooming house reform

15/7/2009 - VCOSS Backs Brumby Blitz

15/7/2009 - Tenants Union welcomes Government announcement on rooming houses
www.tuv.org.au/pdf/media_releases/20090716_Tenants_Union_welcomes_rooming_house_announcement.pdf

15/7/2009 - Inspectors to blitz dodgy rooming houses
caulfield-glen-eira-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/inspectors-to-blitz-dodgy-rooming-houses/

15/7/2009 - Home in on 'slumlords'
caulfield-glen-eira-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/home-in-on-slumlords/

15/7/2009 - Vic govt targets rooming house slumlords
news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=837815

15/7/2009 - Rooming house 'blitz' must get results - Media release from PILCH Homeless Persons Legal Clinic
www.pilch.org.au/Assets/Files/Media_Release-Rooming_Houses_15July2009.pdf

14/7/2009 - Hundreds homeless across Melbourne's West
maribyrnong-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/hundreds-homeless-in-the-west/

14/7/2009 - Private rooming homes house horrors
progress-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/homes-house-horrors/

14/7/2009 - Housing horrors
maroondah-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/housing-horrors/

14/7/2009 - State failing our tenants
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/state-failing-our-tenants/

13/7/2009 - City last refuge in despair
melbourne-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/P30/

12/7/2009 - Landlord profits on have-nots trapped in squalor
www.theage.com.au/national/landlord-profits-on-havenots-trapped-in-squalor-20090711-dgrm.html

12/7/2009 - Minister on attack over slumlords
www.theage.com.au/national/minister-on-attack-over-slumlords-20090711-dgro.html

10/7/2009 - Tougher measures on rooming houses
www.theage.com.au/national/tougher-measures-on-rooming-houses-20090709-deoz.html

8/7/2009 - Group calls for crackdown on inner-city slums 
Group calls for crackdown on inner-city slums

7/7/2009 - Dickensian disgrace points to accommodation crisis
www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/dickensian-disgrace-points-to-accommodation-crisis-20090706-dae4.html

7/7/2009 - Radio Adelaide - no link available

6/7/2009 - ABC 702 Sydney - no link available

6/7/2009 - ABC 774 News - no link available

6/7/2009 - ABC 774 Mornings with Jon Faine - no link available

6/7/2009 - Boom in rogue rooms
Warrnambool Standard - no link available

6/7/2009 - Calls for crackdown on rooming houses
news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/calls-for-crackdown-on-rooming-houses-20090706-d9f0.html

6/7/2009 - Charities take on slum landlords
www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25737590-2862,00.html

6/7/2009 - Gold FM News - no link available

6/7/2009 - Government capaign to tackle 'slumlords'
www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2009/s2617871.htm

6/7/2009 - Housing groups call for rooming house legislation overhaul
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/housing-groups-call-for-rooming-house-legislation-overhaul/

6/7/2009 - Radio National Breakfast program - no link available

6/7/2009 - Radio InnerFM - no link available

6/7/2009 - Seeking solution to squalor
www.theage.com.au/national/seeking-solution-to-squalor-20090705-d97f.html

6/7/2009 - Triple M News - no link available

6/7/2009 - Nova 100.3 - no link available

6/7/2009 - 3AW News - no link available

5/7/2009 - Calls for crackdown on rooming houses
www.watoday.com.au/breaking-news-national/calls-for-crackdown-on-rooming-houses-20090706-d9f0.html

4/7/2009 - Facing eviction, rooming house victims emerge
www.theage.com.au/national/facing-eviction-rooming-house-victims-emerge-20090703-d7ux.html

3/7/2009 - Rooming Houses: tenants tell of harrowing experiences
www.abc.net.au/stateline/vic/content/2006/s2616362.htm

3/7/2009 - State of rooming houses in Victoria - 3CR interview with Tenants Union
www.3cr.org.au/aggregator/sources/3796

1/7/2009 - Boarding and Rooming Houses in Focus
Boarding and Rooming Houses in Focus

30/6/2009 - It's home sweet home for ex-Thomastown resident
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/it-s-home-sweet-home-for-ex-thomastown-resident/

30/6/2009 - Public housing boost for Scullin
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/public-housing-boost-for-scullin/

30/6/2009 - Rooming house company flawed
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/rooming-house-company-flawed/

23/6/2009 - Altona slum fiasco
leader-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/altona-slum-fiasco/

22/6/2009 - Existence of rooming house chief remains cloudy
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/existence-of-rooming-house-chief-remains-cloudy/

21/6/2009 - Age letters on rooming houses
www.theage.com.au/opinion/letters/a-question-of-priority-20090620-crww.html?page=-1

21/6/2009 - Housing rogues untroubled by watchdog
www.theage.com.au/national/housing-rogues-untroubled-by-watchdog-20090620-cryu.html

21/6/2009 - Slumlords are a symptom of an ailing system (Editorial)
www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/slumlords-are-a-symptom-of-an-ailing-system-20090620-crwu.html?page=-1

21/6/2009 - Slumlords bought $100,000 powerboat
www.theage.com.au/national/slumlords-bought-100000-powerboat-20090620-cryw.html

19/6/2009 - Rooming house slums put families in crisis
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/rooming-home-slums/

17/6/2009 - Council to crack down on illegal rooming houses
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/17/2600312.htm

16/6/2009 - Council visits Whittlesea rooming houses
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/council-visits-whittlesea-rooming-houses

16/6/2009 - Grief and squalor for Thomastown family
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/grief-and-squalor-for-thomastown-family/

16/6/2009 - Mum safe, but others still homeless and struggling
leader-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/mum-safe-but-others-still-homeless-and-struggling/

16/6/2009 - Puzzle over Bundoora rooming house
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/puzzle-over-bundoora-rooming-house/

16/6/2009 - Rooming house legislation is utterly flawed (Editorial)
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/editorial-rooming-house-legislation-is-utterly-flawed/

15/6/2009 - Thomastown rooming house tenants call for action
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/thomstown-rooming-house-tenant-calls-for-action/

14/6/2009 - Crackdown urged on 'rogues'
www.theage.com.au/national/crackdown-urged-on-rogues-20090613-c6t1.html

14/6/2009 - Slumlord millionaires cash in on hard times
www.theage.com.au/national/slumlord-millionaires-cash-in-on-hard-times-20090613-c6su.html

8/6/2009 - ‘This is where we’ve ended up and I feel lost’
www.theage.com.au/national/this-is-where-weve-ended-up-and-i-feel-lost-20090607-bzth.html

3/6/2009 - Houses brought out of the woodwork
www.homeground.org.au/upload/assets/HousesbroughtoutofwoodworkMelbTimes.pdf

2/6/2009 - Thomastown slums chief elusive
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/thomastown-slums-chief-elusive/

26/5/2009 - High-density plans under attack - no link available

19/5/2009 - Altona slum to call home
leader-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/altona-slum-to-call-home/

19/5/2009 - I’ll close up, says Victorian Accommodation Centre CEO
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/i-ll-close-up-says-victorian-accommodation-centre-ceo/

19/5/2009 - Owner says Bundoora house was misused
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/owner-says-bundoora-house-was-misused/

12/5/2009 - Rooming house laws must be overhauled
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/rooming-house-laws-must-be-overhauled/

12/5/2009 - Thomastown's rooming house victims faces homelessness
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/thomastown-s-rooming-house-victims-face-homelessness/

9/5/2009 - My week on the dole
www.theage.com.au/national/my-week-on-the-dole-20090509-aypg.html?page=-1

5/5/2009 - Rooming houses the only option for battlers / Minister ignores Whittlesea Leader's invitation to visit rooming house
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/rooming-housesthe-only-option-for-battlers/

5/5/2009 - Thomastown rooming house operators escape prosecution
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/thomastown-rooming-house-operators-escape-prosecution

30/4/2009 - Council comments on 'Slung from Thomastown slum'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnkDuusKwfc&feature=player_embedded

30/4/2009 - Slung from Thomastown slum
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/slung-fromthomastown-slum/

29/4/2009 - Manningham families' fear for their children's future
leader-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/families-future-fear/

21/4/2009 - Heat is on illegal rooming houses in Maroondah
leader-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/heat-is-on-illegal-rooming-houses-in-maroondah/

21/4/2009 - Maribyrnong Council crackdown on hovels
maribyrnong-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/maribyrnong-council-crackdown-on-hovels/

14/4/2009 - Rent hikes squeeze the West
leader-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/rent-hikes-squeeze-the-west/

1/4/2009 - Short-term housing squeeze - no link available

30/3/2009 - Fine time for rooming houses
www.homeground.org.au/upload/assets/MelbTimesFineTimeforRoomingHouses.pdf

30/3/2009 - Rogue house probe tenants 'at risk': MP
www.monash.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/roguehouse-probe-tenants-at-risk-mp/1473059.aspx?storypage=0

30/3/2009 - Low income earners shut out of rental market: Salvos
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/03/30

23/3/2009 - Rooms 'in big 'mess’
www.monash.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/rooms-in-big-mess/1466436.aspx

16/3/2009 - Eviction Row
www.monashjournal.com.au/news/local/news/general/eviction-row/1460140.aspx

26/2/2009 - No room to move in Camberwell and Hawthorn
progress-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/no-room-to-move-in-camberwell-and-hawthorn/

25/02/2009 - Landlords exploit students in Darebin rooming houses
leader-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/landlords-exploit-students-in-darebin-rooming-houses/

23/2/2009 - Key witness says he lied in Brunswick fire deaths inquest
leader-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/key-witness-says-he-lied-to-brunswick-fire-deaths-inquest/

23/2/2009 - Minimum rental standards urged
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/02/23/2498547.htm

12/2/2009 - And you think times are tough
www.theage.com.au/national/and-you-think-that-times-are-tough-20090211-84ty.html

9/2/2009 - Rougue houses 'on notice' - no link available

5/2/2009 - Tourists and students evacuated from illegal rooming house in Richmond
melbourne-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/richmond-tourist-firetrap

4/2/2009 -‘Risky’ rooming house ordered to close doors
www.homeground.org.au/upload/assets/Risky%20rooming%20house%20ordered%20to%20close%20down.pdf

3/2/2009 - Mum hits 'brick wall' on housing
www.maroondahjournal.com.au/news/local/news/general/mum-hits-brick-wall-on-housing/1422486.aspx

2/2/2009 - Home, trapped
monash.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/home-trapped/1422069.aspx

21/1/2009 - Hume housing crisis sees spike in rooming houses
leader-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/hume-housing-crisis-sees-spike-in-rooming-houses/

19/1/2009 - Mum's home crisis
www.monashjournal.com.au/news/local/news/general/mums-home-crisis/1410425.aspx

19/1/2009 - Lilydale neighbours fed up over boarding house
lilydale-yarra-valley-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/lilydale-neighbours-fed-up-over-boarding-house

15/1/2009 - Police bring squat to a peaceful end
www.theage.com.au/national/police-bring-squat-to-a-peaceful-end-20090114-7h1c.html

14/1/2009 - It's our duty to provide homes
www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/letters/its-our-duty-to-provide-homes/2009/01/13/1231608705220.html

13/1/2009 - Former Glen Huntly man’s cry for home
caulfield-glen-eira-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/man-s-cry-for-home

12/1/2009 - Wanted: A place to call home
www.theage.com.au/opinion/wanted-a-place-to-call-home-20090111-7eck.html

7/1/2009 - Uni squatters gear up for evictions
www.theage.com.au/national/uni-squatters-gear-up-for-evictions-20090107-7bo1.html

1/1/2009 - Life in the wheel world
www.theage.com.au/national/life-in-the-wheel-world-20090101-78k6.html

23/12/2008 - Students invoke human rights to fight eviction
www.theage.com.au/national/uni-squatters-gear-up-for-evictions-20090107-7bo1.html

22/12/2008 - Rooming reforms target landlords
www.theage.com.au/national/rooming-reforms-target-landlords-20081221-730z.html?page=-1

8/12/2008 - Coburg landlord reformed
leader-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/coburg-landlord-reformed/

2/12/2008 - Homeless face uncertain times
www.senews.com.au/story/67401

10/11/2008 - Mentally ill open to abuse
leader-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/mentally-ill-open-to-abuse/

28/10/2008 - Hostel owner 'avoiding' inspections
www.theage.com.au/national/hostel-owner-avoiding-inspections-20081028-59v6.html

16/10/2008 - Homeless forced to live in filth
www.theage.com.au/national/homeless-forced-to-sleep-in-filth-20081016-52ej.html

9/10/2008 - Diddly Squat
www.theage.com.au/national/diddly-squat-20081008-4wp8.html?page=1

23/8/2008 - Rooming tenants crisis flares
www.theage.com.au/national/rooming-tenants-crisis-flares-20080822-40ea.html

18/8/2008 - Suspicious fires in St Kilda boarding house
www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24198095-2862,00.html

13/8/2008 - Homelessness groups to tackle 'appalling' boarding houses - no link available

12/8/2008 - Boarding house plan prompts objections
berwick-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/borading-housing-plan-prompts-objections/

5/8/2008 - The Melburnians without hope or a home
www.theage.com.au/opinion/the-melburnians-without-hope-or-a-home-20080804-3pw9.html

21/7/2008 - Man arrested over Melbourne stabbing death
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/20/2308941.htm?site=news

21/7/2008 - Murder charge over Melbourne stabbing
www.theage.com.au/national/murder-charge-over-melbourne-stabbing-20080721-3id8.html

8/7/2008 - "House of fears" no home for Monash family
www.berwickleader.com.au/article/2008/07/08/38576_wov_news.html

17/6/2008 - Dallas gran gets a real home after share house drama
leader-news.whereilive.com.au/news/story/dallas-gran-gets-a-real-home-after-share-house-drama/

16/6/2008 - Worse than prison
www.morelandleader.com.au/article/2008/06/16/37106_cov_news.html

6/6/2008 - Cashing in on homelessness; the unscrupulous operators targetting the vulnerable
www.abc.net.au/stateline/vic/content/2006/s2267602.htm

19/5/2008 - Crowded houses raided in Coburg
www.leadernews.com.au/article/2008/05/19/35262_cov_news.html

5/5/2008 - Mooroolbark tenants pay sky-high rent for a single room
www.morningtonpeninsulaleader.com.au/article/2008/05/05/34345_lev_news.html

14/4/2008 - Man arrested over death of man in Footscray boarding house
www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23535217-661,00.html

31/3/2008 - More support for Moreland's most vulnerable
www.morelandleader.com.au/article/2008/03/31/32171_cov_news.html

3/3/2008 - Crisis homes filthy dens of fear: report
www.theage.com.au/news/national/crisis-homes-filthy-dens-of-fear-report/2008/03/22/1205602734628.html

12/2/2008 - Priced out of home
whittlesea-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/priced-out-of-home/

19/1/2008 - Boarding house resident dies after assault
www.theage.com.au/news/national/boarding-house-resident-dies-after-assault/2008/01/19/1200620256188.html

10/12/2007 - VCAT backs boarding house - no link available

28/9/2007 - Two held over boarding house killing
www.theage.com.au/news/national/two-held-over-boarding-house-killing/2007/0928/1190486531501.html

23/7/2007 - Man dies in boarding house stabbing
www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22117958-1702,00.html

25/5/2007 - Man stabbed in Melbourne boarding house
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/05/25/1933890.htm

28/10/2006 - Children sent to the caravan park from Hell - no link available

28/10/2006 - State crackdown on dodgy rooming houses
www.theage.com.au/news/national/state-crackdown-on-dodgy-rooming-houses/2006/10/27/1161749315265.html 

24/10/2006 - Dear landlord, it's time to call a hovel a hovel - no link available

24/10/2006 - Rooming house complaints ignored
www.theage.com.au/news/national/rooming-house-complaints-ignored/2006/10/23/1161455664156.html 

21/10/2006 - People pay $100 a week each to live here
www.theage.com.au/news/national/people-pay-100-a-week-each-to-live-here/2006/10/20/1160851138176.html?page=fullpage

19/10/2006 - Tennants booted out from horrid Brunswick slum
www.theage.com.au/news/national/tenants-booted-out-from-horrid-brunswick-slum/2006/10/18/1160850998126.html 

17/10/2006 - Nightmare boarding house firm thrown out
www.boardinghouses.com.au/boarding-houses-articles/2006/10/17/nightmare-boarding-house-firm-thrown-out/ 

14/10/2006 - Boarding house operators exploit homeless
www.theage.com.au/news/national/operators-exploit-homeless/2006/10/13/1160246328442.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

14/10/2006 - Sex offenders run homes for vulnerable - no link available

13/10/2006 - Inside Melbourne's seedy boarding house world
www.theage.com.au/news/national/inside-melbournes-seedy-boarding-house-world/2006/10/13/1160246328513.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 homelessness

2/10/2006 - Smoke detector doubts in fatal blaze
www.theage.com.au/news/national/smoke-detector-doubts-in-fatal-blaze/2006/10/01/1159641210908.html

2/10/2006 - Brunswick fire exposes lax boarding house rules
www.theage.com.au/news/national/brunswick-fire-exposes-lax-boarding-house-rules/2006/10/02/1159641268660.html

1/10/2006 - Two die in boarding house blaze
www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20506577-5005961,00.html

14/6/2006 - Left with nowhere to go after years of living in squalor
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