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New homeless tent city established in Fremantle, calls to provide accommodation to 100 residents
The mayor of the West Australian port city of Fremantle says he wants to see a new tent city cleared out within a week, and the 100 homeless people camped there moved into proper accommodation.
Key points:
- A crisis meeting was due to be held on Monday afternoon
- Mayor Brad Pettitt says while the site is well run it cannot continue
- There are concerns Fremantle’s homeless crisis has been forgotten
The tent city, set up in Fremantle’s Pioneer Park, started on Boxing Day and had grown to about 50 tents by Sunday.
A crisis meeting to come up with an exit strategy was due to be held between the State Government, the City of Fremantle and various service providers on Monday afternoon.
Mayor Brad Pettitt said the tent city had been well run and…
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