The hope is that the change that Albo and the Labor party envisages will be across all walks of life. That they will address the inequality between our poorest and richest housing; between the impoverished public and the over-endowered private schools; between the overcrowded, under-resourced public hospitals, and the private clinics.
Elderly and low income earners living in tents amid Queensland s growing rental crisis
FriFriday 19
FebFebruary 2021 at 8:30pm
Hervey Bay woman Cindy McLeoud said she was forced to camp in the park because there are no rentals available.
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A tent village has appeared in Hervey Bay, on Queensland s Fraser Coast, full of locals with nowhere else to go.
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About 40 to 50 people are turning up for rental inspections
Support providers are warning homelessness is a state-wide problem
Queensland s growing rental crisis has led to a spike in homelessness, with lower income earners and vulnerable people finding it too competitive to get a roof over their head.