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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie

Hotel in affluent Brisbane suburb ceases offering emergency accommodation after resident’s letter campaign

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A hotel in an affluent part of Brisbane is ceasing offering emergency accommodation following a letterboxing campaign by a resident. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

A hotel manager says he will no longer accept people seeking emergency accommodation after a resident of an affluent Brisbane suburb urged the community to restore the “safe and quiet neighbourhood” in a letterboxing campaign.

The manager of the hotel in Hamilton, where the median house price is $1.9m, said about seven families, including at least 13 children, stayed there before the new year period.

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