Good Evening. This is ABC News. I'm Jefferson Dufflecoat.

Turning to our main story tonight, the plight of Australia's homeless was put on display today with a number of tent cities popping up in the parklands in some of Australia's capital cities. The largest of which was situated in Canberra just a short walk from Parliament House.

The tent city has popped up in the Seguna Community Park, just outside the grounds of Parliament House and has declared themselves to be an embassy for the "Landless Generation of Australia" along the lines of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy at Old Parliament House and requested a meeting with either the Prime Minister or the Minister for Housing as they believe their concerns and plight has fallen on deaf ears from both state and federal governments either unable or unwilling to fix the problem staring them right in the face. So far only about 40 people are part of the tent city and Authorities have stated that while they are keeping a close eye on matters unless the group cause a disturbance or there is a formal complaint the group will not be moved on at this time, but that may change in the future to ensure safe access to the park and to Parliament House.

The spokesperson for the tent city, Daniel Logan, told ABC news that the recent events in Adelaide with council members destroying a tent city situated in parkland close to the city and confiscating homeless peoples tents and personal items had forced the group into action and that while many in the group knew each other from sleeping rough together. This was about more than just one small group of homeless people occupying one park, it was simply where they were going to get the most attention and that other homeless people should perhaps occupy parks close to government buildings in all states to show the people of Australia the shocking truth of how bad the homeless crisis is.

Mr. Logan did stress that the group in Canberra was not violent and asked others who may do the same around Australia to be the same. They did not want to cause trouble, they simply wanted more to be done to help them and invited others who were able to get to the community park to join them.

Police in other states have issued severe warnings to rough sleepers and homeless people who may be planning to do the same, stating that they would be moved along and could be subjected to arrest and their goods confiscated if they refused. Despite this a small number of tents could be seen this afternoon in parkland in and around Adelaide once again, with more capital cities preparing for similar to spring up over coming days.

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