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.

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…