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Melbourne tower lockdowns unfairly target already vulnerable public housing residents

  • Written by David Kelly, Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University
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This week, the Victorian government unilaterally placed the residents of nine public housing towers in inner Melbourne under “hard lockdown” due to the “explosive potential” of increasing COVID-19 cases.

The lockdown requires all residents of these estates to remain inside their homes for at least five days,...

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