In Mount Druitt, one charity received a year’s worth of requests for fuel assistance in just two weeks. Life in public transport deserts in Australia is getting harder

Diane Griffiths is done waiting.

The 76-year-old pensioner has lived in Willmot, an outer suburb near Mount Druitt in western Sydney, for more than half a century. In that time, she says, she has watched services in the area stagnate and decline.

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