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The standoff in the Adelaide Parklands is over. At least for now. This afternoon South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas overruled the Adelaide City Council and declared the homeless currently staying in the Parklands would be allowed to stay as long as they obeyed the law and allowed the surrounding parklands to be open to the general public.

The Adelaide City Council condemned the decision as "A gross overreach and abuse of power" and indicated they would challenge the ruling in the state's supreme court at the earliest possible moment.

The move is seen to be made to avoid bloodshed at the parklands as numbers had continued to grow since the Adelaide City Council had issued it's move on order last week. The Premier in his statement said he made the decision to "protect the members of the South Australian Police and the general public from the actions of protestors at the parklands" but also said "If members of the Tent City abuse this kindness by breaking the law or hindering the publics access to the park, (he) would have no hesitation in bring in the police to move them on again"

Elsewhere, the fate of tent cities in other major centres is less secure, while no moves have been made against Tent City in Melbourne's Treasury Gardens or Sydney's Hyde Park, many members of the public have expressed apprehension at allowing the tent cities to remain.

In Canberra, the ACT Government has issued a protest permit to the leaders of the tent city in the Seguna Community Park after discussions between government officials and Tent City leaders and a plan was agreed to this afternoon, allowing the tent city to remain standing as a silent protest against previous government's lack of help to those doing in rough on Australia's streets. The residents of the tent city will be under the protection of Parliament House security and will be expected to follow their directions to ensure public access to the park can continue, but that they will be welcome to stay as long as they remain to themselves.

Meanwhile the long and difficult road to solving Australia's housing crisis continues, many are not as lucky as the residents of the tent cities and will once again search the streets to find a safe place to sleep tonight.

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