They are the motel nomads — homeless and in temporary accommodation, fighting to stay off the streets. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-10/motel-nomads-fighting-to-stay-off-the-streets/100112752?fbclid=IwAR1WyRd5G-oDm14bQq4YoMevOuqZwFb1m8tIwLpVqFyhvEZtYaYYDd0zOBw

House prices and rents are escalating rapidly in regional Victorian communities with high levels of disadvantage, as investors and home buyers pounce on cheaper properties outside Melbourne, pricing some residents out of their own neighbourhoods. https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/housing-boom-pricing-low-income-locals-out-of-regional-cities-20210422-p57lgx.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR100Juzgz1M0Mfk7eERCmiGVBFk1q_5C0qgtedS_8qqy7WxJkTMb38NU5s#Echobox=1619273418

The battle between Brisbane's mountain bikers and conservationists has reignited amid concerns that new approved trails would not curtail a burgeoning unauthorised network, with accusations off-road cyclists have cut through logs to reopen illegal trails in Toohey Forest. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-19/brisbane-new-mountain-bike-trails-revives-tensions/13260370?fbclid=IwAR0EuZwcTXZEkPx65hmnVoVDjc1KA_90oUfgq3zD5Y8AQuD53Ivi0UhZ9gY

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“There are no options,” says Pip Hood about coming to terms with holding a losing hand in the game of Byron Bay’s rapidly escalating property boom. After receiving notice just before Christmas that her rented home of 10 years is to be sold, the 31-year-old has given up hope of finding anything in the wider … Continue reading What happens to the Byron Bay locals who can’t afford soaring property prices? – Domain – 28 February 2021