Julie never imagined hoarding would dominate her life. As help is cut, she fears for the future

The Melbourne grandmother is among hundreds to lose support for complex mental health issues due to the closure of the programElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastOne pile for boxes, another for lamps. Then there’s the tower of yellowing newspapers, the top one dated 2003, alongside mounds of clothes, children’s toys, letters and bills that were paid years ago.The stacks of objects littering Julie’s* home in Point Cook in Melbourne’s western suburbs are neat – there are just a lot of them.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...