Judge orders Queensland council to pause planned demolition of homeless camps

Rangers clear a homeless encampment in Eddie Hyland Park in Lawnton in May. Most residents have set up a new camp in a different park in Kallangur. Photograph: Madeline Begley/The Guardian

Moreton Bay city council has been ordered not to clear a homeless encampment after a hearing in the Queensland supreme court on Wednesday.

Numerous homeless residents of Eddie Hyland Park in Lawnton were evicted by council rangers in April, with their tents cleared by heavy machinery. Just two were granted public housing. Most have set up a new camp in a different park in Kallangur.