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You re a generous bunch : Charities grateful for our pandemic giving
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Many Australians have suffered hardship this year thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic but charities say it hasn’t prevented us from helping others in need.
While demand for support has been high, many members of the public have done their utmost to give what they could to good causes.
Thank you: CEO Jessica Macpherson at the St Kilda Mums warehouse in Clayton.
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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.
Explained: How a lockdown of public housing in Melbourne breached human rights
The Victoria government refused to apologise for imposing the lockdown so suddenly, saying that it was in the best interest of the people. Written by Rahel Philipose , Edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 18, 2020 9:56:28 am
A playground is cordoned off with caution tape in front of a public housing tower, locked down in response to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Melbourne, Australia, July 8, 2020. (Reuters)
A hurried lockdown imposed on nine public housing towers in Melbourne, Australia due to a surge in coronavirus cases earlier this year was found to violate the human rights of around 3,000 tenants residing in the buildings, an ombudsman has found.