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Former international student Tom in Woolloomooloo.

Tom’s plan was to get a degree in Sydney. It went horribly wrong

Homelessness services say an increasing number of international students are sleeping on the streets.

  • Christopher Harris

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Residents have raised concerns about anti-social behaviour connected to homeless encampments in St Kilda.

No fines for the homeless, but Port Phillip Council mulls camp crackdown

The City of Port Phillip will investigate changes to local laws that would give council powers to disband encampment hotspots.

  • Tom Cowie
Music can be found in the most unlikely places and played by the most unlikely people.

A harmless man of mystery took to the piano. What happened next shocked the people of Watsons Bay

The ABC’s new series, The Piano, has echoes of an impromptu concert that is part of Sydney’s folklore.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Stage technician David Hurding at Musgrove Park in Brisbane.

‘Breaks the soul’: Homeless tents cleared from Brisbane park by police

David Hurding says he has been a roadie for Metallica, Coldplay and Rihanna. He’s now homeless, camping in Musgrave Park – but not for long.

  • William Davis and Felicity Caldwell
Abdifatah Ahmed died in the shooting after police said he lunged at them with a knife.

‘How many more people need to be killed?’ Simmering tensions on the streets of Footscray

Two police officers shot a rough sleeper dead on the eve of Easter on a busy Footscray street. Was the tragedy unavoidable?

  • Melissa Cunningham
Australia is one of the best places in the world for women to get divorced. Allan Myers is trying to make it safer for rich, divorced men.

I’m a 64-year-old finance professional … and I’m homeless

More Australians are finding themselves without a roof over their heads. For some of us, it’s a matter of life or death.

  • John Coles
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Caitlyn Dunkley

I’m a first-time voter. I think this country should reflect on what it proclaims to be

If I could be prime minister for a day, I would try to ensure that vulnerable Australians were protected.

  • Caitlyn Dunkley
Homeless people living in long-term tent encampments across Brisbane’s parks have received an influx of information in the week since the Lord Mayor announced the council would move them on.

Brisbane’s homeless stressed and confused a week after threats to boot them out

One week after the lord mayor vowed to clear out Brisbane parks, homeless people are still at the centre of the housing debate but few have been asked to move.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
A homeless person sits outside a cyclone refuge centre in Brisbane, on March 7, as the city prepares for the arrival of cyclone Alfred.

Homeless people kicked out of Brisbane’s parks, tents removed

Brisbane’s rough sleepers will be moved on under a crackdown by council, with the mayor insisting that “parks and playgrounds should be safe spaces for everyone to enjoy”.

  • Felicity Caldwell
The City of Fremantle is using hostile architecture to deter rough sleepers.

Hostile architecture: Freo council’s potty idea to deter rough sleepers from iconic strip

A Perth council is using nature in their battle against rough sleepers occupying an iconic tourist attraction.

  • Sarah Brookes

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