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Residents In Locked-Down Melbourne Tower Given ‘Horrendous’ Airline-Style Care Packages

‘Qantas flight-style’ eye masks, air fresheners and adult socks were delivered for the children in COVID-19 quarantine at Alfred Street.
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‘We’re Free:’ Residents In Melbourne’s 8 Public Housing Towers React To End Of Hard Lockdowns

"We did a job that the government couldn't do," says a volunteer who brought supplies to residents who now are under the same restrictions as the rest of the city.
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Locked In The Towers. How Did It Come To This?

We were told the threat was COVID-19, but it’s the police and the government who will inflict long-lasting damage.
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How You Can Help Residents Locked In The Melbourne Towers

The government-enforced “hard lockdown” in Victoria has been labelled as “overt classism and racism.”
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