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Margaret Kelly served with eviction notice
The last remaining resident of the Barak Beacon public housing estate in Port Melbourne has been given an eviction notice.
Margaret Kelly, 68, has been living in the estate for 25 years and has been fighting to keep her home since the redevelopment was announced.
The eviction notice is the result of VCAT proceedings launched against by the Victorian Labor Government, which is in the process of demolishing the estate.
Margaret Kelly has lived in Barak Beacon for 25 years. Photograph: Penny Stephens/PENNY STEPHENS
The government plans to lease the land to a company that will build new dwellings there, with a mix of social, affordable and market rental homes.
The redevelopment will achieve a minimum 10% increase in social housing and provide more housing options for people on low and medium incomes, the government has said.
Leader of the Victorian Greens, Samantha Ratnam:
In the midst of a housing crisis, evicting public housing residents and demolishing public homes when no contracts for reconstruction have been awarded is criminal.
Margaret will now be forced to leave her home of 25 years because this Government is utterly addicted to privatisation, and refuses to keep public land in public hands.
If other estates are anything to go by, Barak Beacon will be flattened and no homes will be rebuilt for years like we saw at Walker Estate in Northcote, where the site has laid vacant for five years.
Guardian Australia’s inequality reporter Stephanie Convery has covered Kelly’s fight to stay in her home along the way. You can read more here:
Refurbishing not demolishing Port Melbourne public housing estate could save Victoria $88m, study findsRead moreUpdated at 20.46 EDT17m ago20.31 EDT
Bruce Highway open again
After yesterday’s seven vehicle crash, Qld police have confirmed one lane of the Bruce Highway at Bajool in Rockhampton is now open.
BAJOOL UPDATE: One lane of the Bruce Highway at Bajool in Rockhampton is now open following a seven-vehicle traffic crash yesterday.
Police are no longer on scene.
Motorists, particularly wide-loads, are urged to avoid the area if possible. #qldtraffic pic.twitter.com/owIT8KbasQ
— Queensland Police (@QldPolice) July 20, 2023Updated at 20.35 EDT22m ago20.25 EDTAdeshola Ore
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