Dubbo's Malcolm Collison says the Australian government isn't helping with the increasing problem of homelessness.
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Mr Collison, who is homeless, says his future is uncertain due to police forcing him to move his campsite at Terramungamine Reserve- a free camping area not far from Dubbo.
"I want them to leave me in peace," he said.
Police have given Mr Collison until next Friday to move his tent and his few possessions.
Mr Collison admits that he has been in and out of jail his entire life due to violence related assaults, but he says that may have been inevitable considering the life he was born into.
"I was institutionalised twice before age 12," he said.
"I ran away twice because I didn't like getting belted with the stick."
Mr Collison said after that experience he spent most of his life in and out of government housing.
Mr Collison claims the reasoning behind the enforced move from his campsite is due to the bottles and other belongings he has surrounding his tent.
"I have nowhere else to put my things, and this is everything that I have," he said.
"I gave most of my clothes away to my friends who didn't have anything because I don't have anywhere to put them.
As for the bottles, Mr Collison says he picks them up from the road.
"I collect them for money, and I don't see why that's a problem when i'm picking them up from the side of the road where they have been thrown out of car windows or left behind," he said.
Mr Collison says he found himself homeless after his mother's passing as her name was the only one on the lease for the property he was living in with her.
"They don't want us on the streets, so the police and the church take us out here," Mr Collison claims.
According to Mr Collison, even among the tree's at Terramungamine Reserve, he is targeted by police.
"If you don't have deep pockets, they don't care about you," he said.
"It shouldn't matter as-long-as you're not hurting anyone.
"But they make us do things out of anger, and then we end up in jail again."
The police have also warned Mr Collison that his car will be towed if it is not moved by Friday.
However, according to Mr Collison, the only way for him to meet their request is to drive an unregistered vehicle and risk breaking the law as he can't afford to register the car.
Mr Collison spends most days sleeping in his tent.
"I sleep around 17 hours a day; I can't dream anymore," he said. "I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet, and I'm not sure what this means for me."
Dubbo Police were approached for a response but politely declined.