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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Jordyn Beazley

‘Do we just make a tent city?’: the councils grappling with an influx of homeless Australians

The Mornington Peninsula council recently changed the bylaws so people found camping illegally were not required to be immediately moved on
The Mornington Peninsula council recently changed the bylaws so people found camping illegally were not required to be immediately moved on. Photograph: Christopher Hopkins/The Guardian

There are only three residents left in Huntly Lions Park, a campground just north of Bendigo’s city centre. In August, the council rezoned the land and told everyone living there in tents and caravans they had 14 days to leave.

Council staff say the decision was in response to some residents not “feeling safe” when visiting the park and because the site was unsuitable for long-term living. But Lee-Anne Gray, who has been living at the campground since January, refuses to leave because she has nowhere else to go.

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