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Cory Memery at his former home on a Carlton public housing estate.

‘I thought we’d look after people’: 60,000 homes needed for vulnerable Victorians

Advocate Cory Memery says the government can’t “wash its hands” of vulnerable Victorians, and that any new investment – like the $30 billion build recommended by Infrastructure Victoria – should be for state-managed public housing.

  • Rachel Eddie

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Tents in South Brisbane’s Musgrave Park.

‘If winds get above 80km/h, it will become unsafe to move’: Fears for city’s rough sleepers

Organisations say shelter needs to be set up for the region’s homeless population now.

  • Courtney Kruk and Rosanna Ryan

Extremist bent of Donald Trump can only end in court

Readers react to the White House confrontation between Trump and Zelensky and the response from Europe, as wells as the push to fine St Kilda’s homeless.

Residents have raised concerns about anti-social behaviour in St Kilda, prompting a proposal to issue fines to the homeless.

Surging crime prompts Port Phillip Council to consider fining homeless

The idea of fining rough sleepers raised concerns from some councillors about making homelessness illegal and possibly breaching vulnerable citizens’ human rights.

  • Tom Cowie
A new report into the death of young people linked to the residential care system has made nine recommendations.

How a Queensland child died homeless and hungry after living out of a box

The boy’s death was among 70 highlighted in a report that reveals how children are slipping through a system that has “forgotten how to care”.

  • Fraser Barton and William Davis
How Maribyrnong Council promoted the Nicholson Street Mall playground in Footscray (left); and before it was removed.

A $250,000 playground was installed in Footscray’s mall. It backfired

Nicholson Street is one of Australia’s oldest pedestrian malls. But traders say it was the wrong move in 2023 to install a playground because it became a magnet for antisocial behaviour.

  • Sophie Aubrey
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Dreaming of a dark Christmas

And avoiding Santa’s skylight.

Brisbane City Council turned off the power at two inner-city parks recently following reports of anti-social behaviour.

Taskforce to tackle crime in Brisbane’s homeless encampments

Crime and drug use at two of Brisbane’s biggest tent cities has prompted council to join forces with police to tackle “anti-social behaviour”.

  • Emily Verdouw
Miriam Wallace is a single woman who found herself homeless for most of this year, despite 25 years working in the music industry and corporate jobs.

I’m a career woman with 25 years’ experience, yet found myself homeless

Recently, I read that middle-aged, single women were increasingly facing homelessness. I joked to a friend, “I’m going to become a statistic!” But it turned out to be no joke.

  • Miriam Wallace
Prince William at a meeting before the launch of the Homewards project to end homelessness.

Prince of Wales: I talk to my children about homelessness – like my mother Diana did

She made sure we knew “the life outside palace walls thing was real, you know,” William says.

  • India McTaggart

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