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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Michael Parris

Government 'exploring' using Stockton Centre, Tomaree Lodge for crisis accommodation

Rose Jackson, Kate Washington and Tim Crakanthorp at a media conference in August calling on the then Coalition government to use the Stockton Centre for crisis accommodation. Picture by Simone De Peak

Port Stephens MP Kate Washington says the state government is exploring how disused Tomaree Lodge and the Stockton Centre can be used to help ease the Hunter's homelessness crisis.

Ms Washington, then shadow housing minister Rose Jackson and Newcastle MP Tim Crakanthorp held a media conference in August last year to urge the former Coalition government to use the two defunct disability centres to house people needing crisis accommodation.

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