Michaela Meade
The Mickleham community is outraged by a decision to build a COVID-19 quarantine facility in the area.
In a letter to Acting Premier James Merlino, seen by Star Weekly, Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week said the federal government had determined that commonwealth land on Donnybrook Road was the best site for the facility.
But Hume council, traders and residents have slammed the decision, saying it puts the community ‘at risk’.
“I moved to Mickleham to be away from the urban congestion to be safer from COVID-19, not to live in fear of going to my local Coles,” one resident posted on Facebook following the announcement.