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Melbourne public housing tower residents will receive compensation payments of about $2,200 each from the Victorian government after they were forced into a sudden hard lockdown during a COVID-19 outbreak in 2020.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because the lockdown was the right call and the results show it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Detaining people with no warning or explanation, and no arrangements for food, baby supplies or sanitary supplies, is disgusting. No other people were treated like that.

When the Ariele in Maribyrnong became a tier 1 exposure site, everyone got a letter delivered to their doorstep and people were still able to leave. Some people left the building without reading the letters and only realised something was happening when they saw the news crews.

The Kings Park complex in Southbank was notv surrounded by police to prevent anyone leaving.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wealthy people on boats were locked down. This was a similar situation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Aren’t you dead already, Kerry? Also, the people who were locked down on boats were willfully violating rules concerning interstate travel.