And sometimes it’s just a cleaner pillow
Nope Davo the question was about a one term LNP Government and that was not Jeff, it was Ted and Denis.
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That is not what happened at all. Eight of the nine towers were isolated for five days with total support from medical staff and social workers. The other tower was isolated for 14 days due to the high COVID positive levels.
It is called responsible Leadership.
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The timing of the lockdown of North Melbourne and Flemington public housing towers on July 4 was not based on direct health advice and violated Victorian human rights laws, an investigation by the Victorian Ombudsman has found.
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Tell that to those who had relatives die during the COVID pandemic.
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I’m not downplaying the severity of the pandemic, Bacchus. Don’t try that bullshit.
May have a lockdown of the towers been justified based on infections? Possibly. It was early in the pandemic. It’s how it was done that angers me.
No prior warning, barricading residents in using police, and some residents not even being able to go outside for a week. I’m not copping that. I doubt the same measures would have been implemented were it a luxury apartment complex down the road.
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And pigs may…go to jail
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privilege (n.)
mid-12c. “grant, commission” (recorded earlier in Old English, but as a Latin word), from Old French privilege “right, priority, privilege” (12c.) and directly from Latin privilegium “law applying to one person, bill of law in favor of or against an individual;” in the post-Augustine period “an ordinance in favor of an individual” (typically the exemption of one individual from the operation of a law), “privilege, prerogative,” from privus “individual” (see private(adj.)) + lex (genitive legis) “law” (see legal (adj.)).
From c. 1200 as “power or prerogative associated with a certain social or religious position.” Meaning “advantage granted, special right or favor granted to a person or group, a right, immunity, benefit, or advantage enjoyed by a person or body of persons beyond the common advantages of other individuals” is from mid-14c. in English. From late 14c. as “legal immunity or exemption.”
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It was wrong in the way it was implemented, but the risks connected to the Towers can’t be compared to those living in luxury apartments. Shared facilities, cramped living quarters, more vulnerable in regard to health, little to no capacity to social distance or isolate, possibly more essential workers, WFH not an option.
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Yeah to the absolute nah.
He has a point.
The Hilton was never being shut down and tenants locked in.
Mistakes were made.
Didn’t have all the information.
But that one was a bad one, and when you deny people civil rights you’d wanna have specialist advice backing you.
They did not.
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Also, a known super-spreader was allowed to act with complete freedom.
Didn’t believe in masks.
Went to god knows how many nursing homes.
Had a lot of money, though.
Funny that.
At least he didn’t leave anyone with a Scar.
Did the tower residents get any compensation? Well, aside from the Stubby Holders Pauline Hanson sent them, did they get anything?
There was an agreed settlement of around $5 million in compensation, averaging at $2.2k per resident.
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That’s fair. Very different demographics, living conditions, etc. But what occurred (in respect to the enforcement) was not needed, and I’m yet to hear a single compelling justification for it.
Look, I could write paragraphs on this, god knows the amount of words I’ve vented to colleagues about this since it occurred. But I think Deborah Glass summed up why I’m so angry about it much more eloquently than I ever could:
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The positives I take from this was the swift response of the Ombudsman to over 85 complaints from residents , community advocate organisations and other concerned individuals. Its team collected information, including on the ground . On the basis of the evidence collected from those investigations, the Ombudsman began a formal investigation on its own motion.
The specific restrictions on the Towers lasted from 4 to 18 July, with a gradual easing throughout that time.
The Ombudsman reported , the Government apologised and compensation was paid.
Of course the wrong done can never be righted, but there was a system in place that gave the residents a voice, including acknowledgment that they should have been afforded the protection of the Victorian Human Rights Charter.
bUt She’S gIVeN a LoT oF MOnEy tO ThE swIM TeAm
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And took the Olympians on a French river cruise…but only medallists. There is a champagne meritocracy after all. Not so much egalitaire, fraternite, it’s worm infested pasta and cardboard beds for the losers.
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Seems they cant even service their own nuclear subs.