Fix quarantine system, then resume the flights
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COVID-19
Fix quarantine system, then resume the flights
Plans are afoot to accept international arrivals into Melbourne again (The Age, 6/3). But what has changed? Despite the Coate inquiry, we are still hearing about breaches in quarantine hotels, quarantine staff working across several venues, inadequate training and personal protective equipment, and communication lapses (The Age, 6/3). The contact tracing system is still not working consistently. And has ventilation in the quarantine hotels been audited?
Recognising the hurt and pain of our First Peoples
January 23, 2021 12.21am
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AUSTRALIA DAY
Recognising the hurt and pain of our First Peoples
It was probably hard for Scott Morrison’s convict ancestor, who was transported for stealing yarn, and other British convicts (The Age, 22/1). However, it is the height of irony for a man of such power and status to compare this to the dispossession, cruelty and loss of life, family structure and culture experienced by Indigenous people in Australia which has resulted in well-documented intergenerational trauma.
Governmentâs arrogance in refusing to apologise
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Governmentâs arrogance in refusing to apologise
December 18, 2020 â 11.35pm
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THE HIGH-RISE LOCKDOWN
Governmentâs arrogance in refusing to apologise
Victorian Ombudsman Deborah Glass has found what any right-minded person should have thought at the time â the lockdown of the high-rise towers, which occurred with only 15 minutesâ notice to tenants, breached their human rights (The Age, 18/12). She did not find there should not have been a lockdown, only that the manner in which it was implemented was against the medical advice and breached human rights. When it occurred, I was appalled, both as a lawyer and an ordinary citizen.