Queensland Council to Turn Park Into a Dedicated Homeless Camp

Queensland council to turn park into a dedicated homeless camp

A park in Moreton Bay will soon become a free, legal campsite for people experiencing homelessness under a 12-month trial by the local council.

Cook rejects rough sleeper invite amid homelessness crisis

Roger Cook has rejected calls to meet with the growing number of homeless camped on Memorial Drive in Rockingham, only 11 kilometres from Secret Harbour where Labor is waging a fierce battle for votes.

Free camp for rough sleepers to be established in public park

The 12-month trial will offer safe, regulated camping in a park already used by the homeless and adjacent to the site of a 2032 Olympic venue.

Council greenlights free tent village as homelessness bites

A Queensland council has taken an unusual step to help residents sleeping rough. It has approved a free, purpose-run camping ground for up to a year. The move has been welcomed by frontline charities. But it comes with a warning that good intentions alone will not be enough. The City of Moreton Bay voted unanimously this week to trial a 60-site free camping ground at Wyllie Park in Petrie, just north of Brisbane. The site is expected to open wit…

Moreton Bay provides new free camping site for those in need