Sydney business body calls for action on homelessness after ‘disturbingly lonely and tragic death’

Bikram Lama’s body lay undiscovered for up to a week in one of city’s busiest parks, prompting business lobby to call for greater welfare monitoring Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Sydney’s peak business group has called for the urgent establishment of a safety taskforce to help rough sleepers in the central business district after the disturbing death of a young Nepali man in Hyde Park. Guardian Australia revealed this week that Bikram Lama, 32, had died where he was sleeping in bushes near the entrance to St James tunnel, a busy thoroughfare used by thousands of commuters. Continue reading...

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