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Social housing resident Warren Brygel says Chapel Street has changed for the worse.

The Chapel Street sanctuary providing so much to those with so little

In a warm cafe on Chapel Street, Elene has found sanctuary away from the drugs and chaos. The trouble is, she has to go home.

  • Cassandra Morgan

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Sister Myree Harris in 2009.

The no-nonsense nun who got things done for the homeless and mentally ill

Sister Myree Harris was an advocate for the less fortunate: she was “Christ-like, washing their feet, devoted to the end and a possible candidate for sainthood”.

  • Malcolm Brown
The Queensland government has abandoned plans to turn the old West End Police Station on Boundary Street into a health and community services hub.

Plans to hand over historic police station to community services scrapped

The building on Boundary Street was announced as a health and community services hub by the former Labor government in 2023.

  • Courtney Kruk
Bedding in Fitzroy Street, St Kilda.

‘This will really hurt’: Council to confiscate belongings from homeless in St Kilda

Council officers in the City of Port Phillip are preparing to confiscate the personal belongings of people experiencing homelessness, under new local laws.

  • Cara Waters
From left: Banyule City Council deputy mayor Rick Garotti, vicar Stephen Monsiegneur and resident Brendan Murphy at St Peter’s Anglican Church in Bundoora.

Northern suburbs churches open to rough sleepers as winter hits

Four churches will offer a warm welcome to the homeless before the cold weather bites. Vicar Stephen Monsiegneur says faith communities need to engage with people who need help.

  • Carolyn Webb
More than two dozen people have set up semi-permanent residence in Wilks Park and near Wagga beach, where a woman gave birth.

Nineteen years old, Mia is sleeping rough near the makeshift camp where a newborn died

The young woman is just one of dozens of people making their homes in tents in riverside parks around Wagga Wagga.

  • Amber Schultz
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The Murrumbidgee River in Wagga Wagga.

Death in a homeless camp is the other side of the housing crisis

A baby has died in a homeless camp in Wagga Wagga, a regional city that is experiencing a property boom.

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One of the homes in a camp on the bank of the Murrumbidgee River.

A mother had been living in a tent for months. Then she went into labour

The 37-year-old who gave birth to twins, one of whom did not survive, had been living in at a makeshift camp amid a regional NSW housing shortage.

  • Amber Schultz
The number of people camping by the river have been increasing in Wagga Wagga amid low rental vacancies and public housing “renewal”.

‘Heartbreaking’: Newborn’s death in homeless camp rocks community

The baby was found dead by a riverbank in Wagga Wagga, while another infant was taken to hospital in a critical condition.

  • Jack Gramenz and Amber Schultz
Boulders were placed under the Kurilpa Bridge to prevent rough sleeping. However, people regularly return to sleep under its shelter, with tents pictured on Thursday, May 30, 2026.

The view is beautiful but this Brisbane bench is a little bit hostile

Subtle designs have been baked into Brisbane to discourage people from staying too long in public spaces.

  • Felicity Caldwell