Homeless given deadline or fined.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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It's Gaily and Emily Jade for one oh two nine
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Speaker 2 (00:10):
Confronted by the homeless issue at Southport the other day,
I went to Australia Fair to go to Kmart to
get some stuff and as I was driving in to
the car park, I saw the homeless tense city that's
all set up in the park opposite the Bowls club there,
and I've been hearing whispers of it, but I hadn't
seen it with my own eyes and didn't realize how
big it was. It really is a tense city and

(00:32):
it made me feel very sad to see them there.
But at the same time, I was like, it's good
that it's in the open, so we can see the
homeless issue in the city right now rather than people
hiding away. I think it's bringing awareness to the fact
that we have a real problem right now. Now. It's
in the news today because they have to clear out
by five o'clock tonight otherwise they're going to be getting
some fines.

Speaker 3 (00:52):
So E's thousand dollars.

Speaker 2 (00:53):
Yeah, there's an eight hundred and six dollars on the fine,
on the spot fine, and then they can go to
court if they don't pay that and if they don't leave,
and it's eight thousand dollars, which is very interesting because
these people are living intents because they can't afford even
to pay rent. So where are they going to get
eight hundred dollars from, let alone eight thousand dollars. So
the city is trying to move them on. They want
to get police to help them out perhaps to do that,

(01:15):
and the homeless leaders are saying, we don't want to
go and hide in the dark, hearty holes of the
city anymore, you know, we want to be here and
raise the ass The homeless issue.

Speaker 3 (01:24):
I've seen before. It was in Southport as well, under
the Sundale Bridge on one of the sides there. Just randomly,
I was going to a restaurant around and I just
saw different people at different parts of the night in
the dark, hidden away on old mattresses and everything like that.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
But that's very normal to be, you know, under bridges
and hidden away.

Speaker 3 (01:48):
It was it was very dark and scary. It felt unsafe, yeah,
but not just for me being unsafe, Yes, it felt
unsafe for the people that were there.

Speaker 2 (01:59):
Well, this is the creating a bit of a community.
And it was easter, you know, we're just coming out
of easter, and we've been talking about camping with the kids,
and my son's in the carriages, like, Mom, let's go
camping with them. I was like, I count a ford
eight thousand dollars a night. But I don't know what
the issue. I don't know how to fix this issue
right now. Like obviously there is a cost of living crisis.

(02:21):
We have a housing crisis in this city. Something needs
to be done. And I don't want to treat these
people poorly because they're already in a poor situation. And
I was talking to another.

Speaker 3 (02:29):
Friend different stories, So you do have.

Speaker 2 (02:31):
Different reasons why they're homeless. And that's the thing. You
can't just have one answer for it. There's lots of
different answers. There's mental health issues, there are family situation
issues going on. There are people that choose to live
like that, and we have to work out why they're
choosing like that to live like that, and how we
can encourage them to not live like that or put
them in a safer spot. But I was talking to
a girlfriend about the in particular women homelessness at the moment,

(02:54):
and how there's over two hundred Gold Coast women sleeping
rough at the over the age of fifty five. So
the homeless issue for women over fifty five is becoming
really serious in this city. And there's a few things
going on to help them. And we came up with
this great idea. Are you ready for it? Right? So
Clive Palmer, who's got a bucket load of cash, and

(03:14):
we know that because we're all getting these damned text messages.
I mean, how much is that costing to send us
text messages and to do this political campaign. He owns
lots of land around the place. Why don't we hook
him up with ESWAV and they can build tiny homes
and put the tiny homes on some of Clive Palmer's
big land, Like you know how he owns that area
in the middle of Karra. What if we do that

(03:36):
and create these beautiful communities, especially for our homeless women
of you know, all, whether they're escaping domestic violence, whether
they've had a marriage breakdown, they can be in this
beautiful tiny home village that's been created by the youth
and then one of the richest Australians is hilsing them.
What do you think of that idea?

Speaker 3 (03:55):
It's a good idea. Like it's you've got to start
the conversation.

Speaker 2 (04:00):
That's what I thought.

Speaker 3 (04:01):
So you're starting a conversation.

Speaker 2 (04:02):
Well, better way to do it than live on the radio.

Speaker 3 (04:04):
Clive's that's why I was working slowly. I'm going it's
a good idea. But like and Clive to ask someone
for last if I.

Speaker 2 (04:12):
Could only text you back on your damn trumpet of
the Patriots text message, I would be able to have
told you in private says don't text back. It does
say don't text back, So I'll do it on the
radio anyway. It's just an idea, and we're thinking of
everyone that's been moved on today. Whatever your situation is,
we're really sorry that you're going through this.