Queensland police issue eviction notices to 'tent city' residents in homelessness crackdown
Three Queensland councils have begun crackdowns on homeless camps across the state's south-east. Residents of tent cities in Brisbane's Musgrave Park and Carey Park on the Gold Coast are facing eviction after being issued notices this week, while people in Morton Bay's Eddie Hyland Park were cleared out for the third time in a month. The three local governments – the Brisbane city council, the City of Moreton Bay and the Gold Coast city council – all deny coordination between them
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