Brisbane’s 24-hour crackdown on homelessness faces fierce backlash

Each of these individuals has a story, a journey filled with challenges, and they deserve to be treated with dignity.’ ...
Jamie Zhu on MSN

7 months in a tent – Australia’s housing crisis hits a family of 8

With rents rising 43% since 2020, more than 122,000 Australians are experiencing homelessness on any given night. In Brisbane ...

Rental crisis leaving domestic violence victim-survivors in unsafe homes, advocates warn

As Brisbane's rental market hits record high prices and historic low vacancy rates, advocates are warning some domestic violence victims are having to choose between staying in an unsafe home and ...

‘They’ve taken all my stuff’: councils across Australia threaten homeless people with fines and confiscation of belongings

As homelessness surges, councils have been thrust to the frontline of managing the crisis ...

Tents handed out to shelter homeless dumped by Brisbane City Council

Brisbane City Council workers have sparked outrage for disposing of tents supposed to help house the city’s homeless ...
The Conversation

Homeless camps are rising as affordability falls. It’s a problem Australia has solved before

A homelessness worker in regional Victoria has seen a 200% increase in people living in free campgrounds – and a big increase in families “sleeping rough”, he told the ABC this week. For many people, ...