“Some residents, such as Penny Essing from Elwood, in Melbourne’s south-east, who has pushed for disbanding the camp, begged councillors to “restore safety in our streets, and protect the truly vulnerable and not enable rough sleeping”. Essing, like others, argued that allowing the encampments threatened people’s safety and wellbeing, while dominating public spaces.”

Protect the truly vulnerable eh? This east suburbs private school dickhead pearl clutcher knows nothing about the precarious life faced by people without generational wealth in the current housing situation. Totally fake empathy.