These holidayers own a motor home or car and caravan, maybe to travel across Australia and take as long as they like over it.

They're probably retired from a lifetime of work and deserve to spend the leisure as they please.

Either they have sold their house in order to live in their motor home or plan to return to their permanent place of retirement.

Whether working or retired, these folk are happy and relaxed and want to be mobile.

They are not short of money or going hungry.

Should public money be expended on building a campsite on public land for these travellers?

2. Genuine homeless people, for whatever reason.

People in need of some assistance.

There are at least two large vacant buildings in central Ballarat that could have been providing sheltered accommodation for the homeless during the past 15 years the Provincial Hotel and Civic Hall.

I do not know if the heritage railyard large sheds are used for railway purposes, but they have seemed rather quiet for the past 20 years.

Charitable organisations do build new homes for short-term purposes, using state government grants.

The federal government spends millions on "prison camps" for refugees much of it in foreign countries.

The federal government has committed $35 billion on a fleet of F35 fighter jets (who are we going to fire them at?).

With a little amount of imagination and willingness to help our own needy population, I know which project I would vote for putting effort into.