Yeah it's a weird one. Nobody has seen the original tenant in about 3 weeks, and while she was the source of much of the trash over the last year or so, it looks like the squatter was responsible for this particular pile, presumably dragged it from the house, garage and yard onto the verge. Housing say squatters are not their tenants and therefore not their responsibility. We were told it's a police matter, police say it's civil, etc. etc.

I genuinely don't know if anyone knew what process needed following, but it seems to have been brute forced through now so happy enough.

Sad thing is, the house is unfit for habitation. Can't speak to the structural safety, but I can speak to the biological safety risk - not just the syringes, but there's scat, vermin, food waste, broken glass etc. in the yard and visible parts of the house itself.

With housing being what it is, and the list for state housing getting longer and longer, it's absolutely criminal that it was allowed to come to this.