Council’s brutal call on homeless Aussies
One local council has just made a shock move to ban homeless Aussies from keeping pets in public spaces.
QLD housing crisis
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Taskforce to target violence, crime in Brisbane tent cities
A homeless advocate wants authorities to ‘hurry up’ and find more accommodation as police and Brisbane City Council team up to fight escalating violence in makeshift communities.
Housing boost as developer gets $1.3bn green light to sell off estates
Approval for a developer to sell off 12 of its housing estates, including four in South East Queensland, will boost the supply of new dwellings.
Barbecues destroyed less than 24hrs after power returned at park
Several barbecues have been destroyed at a Queensland homeless encampment, within 24 hours of power being restored after it had been shutdown following allegations of stabbings, fires and vandalism.
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‘Empty promises’: Voter fronts Crisafulli over homeless crisis
A Queenslander fed-up with a lack of services for homeless people has challenged Opposition Leader David Crisafulli during a campaign stop on the Sunshine Coast.
‘I’ve moved 10 times in a year because I’ve got too many kids’
A mother-of-nine has highlighted a major crisis across Queensland, revealing she has had to move house about 10 times in a year.
‘How ironic’: Latest social housing push leaves vulnerable out in cold
Rural patients and their families travelling to the city for vital healthcare such as brain surgery or transplants are losing discount accommodation, as the apartment blocks have been bought up by the government for the homeless.
Schools’ desperate measures as homeless, drug-addled invade
Queensland schools are bolstering security after a surge in homeless, drug-affected and mentally unwell people trespassing.
‘Critical challenge’: Mind-blowing number that shows Qld is growing too fast
An extraordinary population spike has triggered warnings from experts about Queensland’s ability to keep pace with the growth.
$390m, 490 homes: Qld’s biggest housing project gets green light
Construction on Queensland’s largest social housing project will begin next week after it secured hundreds of millions of dollars in federal, state and private sector funding.
Editor’s view: Greens’ pigheaded politics prolonging housing crisis
It’s an outrage that legislation that could actually help alleviate the country’s housing crisis is being held to ransom for political mileage, writes the editor.
It’s time we end this giant rental myth
The debate over the housing market is nothing new but there is one big myth that needs to be debunked.
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