Three Queensland councils launched or imposed crackdowns on homeless camps across the state this week.
Three local governments - Brisbane City Council, Moreton Bay City and Gold Coast City Council - all denied coordination between them.
But residents of the tent city in Musgrave Park in Brisbane and Carey Park on the Gold Coast are now facing eviction after they issued notices Tuesday and Wednesday.
On Wednesday, for the third time in a month, residents of Eddie Heights Park in Moreton Bay were cleaned up with the help of excavators and police.
Ember Lenarduzzi, a homeless support organizer on the Gold Coast, said 20-30 residents of Kairi Park issued the first enforceable notice on Wednesday, ordering them to leave.
Around noon, a group of police officers and council rangers arrived at the park and began collecting details before sending out notices.
"They are basically preparing to cancel their stuff," Lenarduzzi said.
"They gave them 24 hours."
Lenarduzzi said that despite the lack of evidence, the actions of the three councils were not coordinated.
"I believe it was crazy that none of these three people had warnings when it happened the same day," she said.
Residents of Musgrave Park in Brisbane are also expected to relocate on Thursday as the area will be held at the annual Paniyiri Greek Music Festival on weekend of May 18.
Its tent city has about 13 tents and 20 residents are usually transferred to temporary emergency accommodation areas that they are shelved during the event.
But Brisbane City Council has not clarified whether any tents are allowed to stay - and posted a 24-hour eviction notice on most tents on Tuesday, even in last year's exclusion zone.
A large group of people gathered in the park to protest Wednesday's eviction, which included some members of the CFMEU that happened to be in the area.
In March, Brisbane Mayor Adrian Schrinner announced that he had a rough sleep in Brisbane Park and threatened to deport within 24 hours after tropical cyclone Alfred.
Nick Wittman, organizer of the Community Defense League, said they hope to allow exclusion zones again and provide appropriate accommodation for everyone who wants it.
"We don't ask for much. We want to seek a little dignity for those who are already very vulnerable," he said.
Shane Mason and Tracey Osmond, park residents, were ordered to continue on Wednesday from Eddie Highland Park in Moreton Bay after violating last month's instructions.
The park is still the one who has many people cleared the city before the council and now lives in the new tent. There is also a new resident; a survivor of domestic violence, with a three-year-old child. The pair sent out a two-week notice within two weeks Wednesday to go out in the park.
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The Guardian Australia observed that parliamentary rangers used heavy machinery to remove materials from another tent and remove residue from other abandoned tents.
There was a confrontation between the police and the Rangers and Mason, Osmond and their supporters, who said the former tried to move their property. They have previously vowed not to move unless long-term accommodation is provided.
"They didn't bring my generator!" Osmond said.
Half of the confrontation, the couple offers a one-bedroom home in Margate. It ended immediately.
For two years, they will no longer be homeless.
Tracey called it a "Mother's Day gift"; it was also her birthday.
"But how can I be happy when they still do this to people? That's not right," she said.
“I feel sad because we have a house.”
A spokesman for Moreton Bay Council described the pass as "as usual business."
She said the compliance notice has been sent to three rough sleepers since its last approval on April 24, and the Rangers also executed nine notices and cleared garbage from the site.
A Brisbane City Council spokesman said it "takes a calm, measured and considered approach" to the tent camp "to lift people out of dangerous camps and into safe accommodation".
“Brisbane residents are increasingly concerned about violence, drug use and anti-social behaviors occurring in park tent camps,” she said.
Housing Secretary Sam O'Connor said that over the past few days, housing outreach officers "interact with many of them safe at Eddie Hyland Park, Musgrave Park and Carey Park."
"They will be back this week and can come back as needed," he said.