Despite months on end of desperate pleas, we have only just felt like our fellow Australians are coming to our defence as Victoria prepares to host the Australian Open. And even then, our country still remains split on whether we should be allowed home. When we lost our first flight back in August, we were given a 48-hour window by my work to decide if we would chase another flight home leaving in a month’s time, or if I would sign a six-month contract extension. We took the option that didn’t have the threat of homelessness attached to it.