Three years ago, a Melbourne man launched a charity manufacturing 'back-pack beds', or swags, which he distributes to the homeless, reports SBS' Luke Waters.
Tony Clarke has already distributed thousands of swags, and more than 100 charities have written to him expressing an interest in handing out more.
Clarke's street-beds are flame-retardant, warm and most importantly; water resistant
The government will be provided with a proposal to roll-out 'Swags For Homeless' nationally.
The number of homeless people is expected to increase in coming months as the impact of recent recent natural disasters takes full effect.
Census figures show that on any given night around 100,000 people are homeless, more than 15,000 of them sleeping rough on the streets.
Dignity issues are ever-present on the street, accompanying the more obvious obstacles of temperature, disease and violence.
