No Medicare, no family, no visa — these are the babies Australia doesn't count

He hit her, and she obtained a protection order.But the order created a deeper problem of surviving alone in Australia with a baby and no secure income."If your partner leaves you here, you have to find every possible way to make sure your child survives," Julie, who is from Vanuatu, says.For four months, she began cleaning rooms at a caravan park, placing her small baby on the bed while she worked After that, the baby will be placed into the care of a house girl while Priscilla returns to the farms.She came to Australia to work, after all.Words & Photographs: Prianka SrinivasanIllustrations: Lindsay DunbarEditing: Rhiannon Stevens