Removing homeless encampment from local park breached human rights, Queensland supreme court rules

City of Moreton Bay blocked from clearing tent city after successful legal challenge by group living in park A council breached human rights by clearing homeless people from a park in Brisbane’s north, the state’s supreme court has ruled, in what has been hailed as an “historic victory for the basic rights of Queenslanders”.A group of 11 residents of Goodfellows Road, a park in Kallangur, challenged eviction notices issued against them by the City of Moreton Bay last year. Continue reading…