Homelessness
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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”.
- by Emily Verdouw
Opinion
Renting
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.
- by Miriam Wallace
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.
- by India McTaggart
Cameras installed in Musgrave Park, as focus turns to housing policies
Days after power was cut to two inner-Brisbane parks, their homeless residents will soon be under increased scrutiny.
- by Courtney Kruk
Landlords could lose negative gearing perks unless they cap rents in new plan
The pathway could improve the standard of rentals and increase the value for money the government gets from housing tax concessions.
- by Jim Malo
Tents in busy Brisbane intersection just one part of crisis, advocates say
The new cluster of tents has prompted renewed calls for urgent investment in long-term solutions to the housing crisis.
- by Courtney Kruk
Opinion
Opinion
My home became a holiday rental, so I lived in a cemetery
My friends and I don’t deserve to be homeless any more than you do. No one is immune to homelessness.
- by Jacq Gallagher
Neighbours once tolerated a homeless settlement. Then rubbish started piling up
The encampment at a car park in Melbourne’s north started out with a campervan or two, but is now overflowing with timber offcuts, damaged furniture and old bike parts.
- by Sophie Aubrey
Last year Jon was handing out 1000 meals a week. This winter, it’s 1600
Sydney’s services for the vulnerable are being stretched to their limits, as donations dry up in the cost of living crisis.
- by Mary Ward
Opinion
Housing affordability
How to solve Australia’s housing crisis
Governments have neglected their fundamental obligation to realise everyone’s human right to housing and home.
- by Kevin Bell
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