Cecily Rosol MP, Greens MP for Bass, 27 August 2024
Legislative intervention needed as Supreme Court grants eviction injunction for Beauty Point Tourist Park resident
The Greens welcome the decision of Tasmania’s Supreme Court to grant an injunction halting the eviction of a resident of the Beauty Point Tourist Park.
Last month, the Beauty Point Tourist Park issued an eviction notice for three residents. The President of the Residents Association, who had been advocating for the concerns of himself and his neighbours, was one of those who received an eviction notice.
The notice stated that the resident must leave, and remove, his home within 28 days. The Tourist Park gave no reason for issuing this eviction notice.
Rightly so, the President took the eviction to the Supreme Court.
The evictions were distressing for the residents of the Beauty Point Tourist Park, who had been raising their fears this would happen for months prior. Many of the residents are elderly and disabled, and can’t simply uproot their life with little notice.
Just like all Tasmanians, residents of tourist parks have a right to safe and secure housing. They deserve to be free of the threat of homelessness.
Despite calls from residents of the Beauty Point Tourist Park for housing security, Tasmania is the only state without legislative protection for long-stay residents of residential parks.
The Rockliff Government must listen to the tenants at Beauty Point Tourist Park, and legislate protections for long-stay residents of tourist parks across the state as a matter priority.
