While we welcome the Liberals’ tabling of a bill to provide protections for long-term residents of caravan parks, it’s long overdue. For more than a year and a half, we’ve been raising the lack of protection for long-term residents of caravan parks.
For too long, Lutruwita / Tasmania has been the only state without protections for long-stay residents of caravan parks. It’s had real consequences at Beauty Point Tourist Park, where residents have been left vulnerable to eviction with little notice.
This has been really difficult for the residents, many of whom are elderly and unwell. They’ve been left in a totally unfair situation, where their home could be taken from them at only a moment’s notice.
Last year, the Greens tabled a petition with nearly three thousand signatures calling on the Liberals to protect the rights of long-term caravan park residents. This petition was signed by many supporters of the residents at Beauty Point, and other long-term caravan park residents.
When the Liberals listened to calls from the Greens and community during the last State Election and announced these reforms, we welcomed them. The tabling of these protections in Parliament is a real win for the Greens and community advocates.
We encourage the Liberal Government to progress this legislation through the Parliament as soon as possible, so long-term residents of caravan parks finally have the protections they deserve.
