Homeless people camping in Queensland park ‘not treated as humans’ during council evictions, court finds

City of Moreton Bay rangers begin to tear down tents at a homeless encampment in a local park in April. Photograph: Paul Hilton/The Guardian

Homeless people living in tents in a park were “not treated as humans” while being evicted by a Queensland council, with the supreme court ruling it an unlawful breach of human rights.

A group of residents who had been living in a park off Goodfellows Road, Kallangur, challenged eviction notices issued against them by the City of Moreton Bay last year.