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Australia has deployed hundreds of soldiers to Sydney to help enforce a Covid lockdown.
A Delta outbreak which began in June has produced nearly 3,000 infections and led to nine deaths.
Australian Defence Force soldiers will undergo training on the weekend before beginning unarmed patrols on Monday.
But many have questioned whether the military intervention is necessary, calling it heavy-handed.
The lockdown - in place until at least 28 August - bars people from leaving their home except for essential exercise, shopping, caregiving and other reasons.
Despite five weeks of lockdown, infections in the nation's largest city continue to spread. Officials recorded 170 new cases on Friday.
Soldiers will join police in virus hotspots to ensure people are following the rules, which include a 10km (6.2 miles) travel limit.
State Police Minister David Elliott said it would help because a small minority of Sydneysiders thought "the rules didn't apply to them".
Information provided by health officials indicates the virus is mainly spreading through permitted movement.
The Australian Lawyers Alliance, a civil rights group, called the deployment a "concerning use" of the army in a liberal democracy.
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The outbreak has largely affected critical workers and large family groups in the city's poorer and ethnically diverse west and south-west suburbs. About two million people live there.
Critics say those areas have already faced "targeted" policing measures. They point out restrictions there are harsher than for the rest of Sydney.
"Our people are one of the poorest demographics, and as it is, they already feel picked on and marginalised," said Steve Christou, one local mayor.
"They can't afford to pay the mortgage, the rent, the food or work. Now to throw out the army to enforce lockdown on the streets is going to be a huge issue to these people," he told SBS.
Others have called for the government to increase its vaccine drive and support services for the affected communities.
Australia's rate of vaccination - 17% of the adult population - remains one of the lowest among OECD nations.
Originally Posted by BleedingRed:
The fact you don't see the difference is why you are my enemy
The fact that you have no clue is why your and idiot.
I agree with what his intentions were with the comment but it does not have a good visual when you say to close the border immigration and refugees then state the opposition is doing things to prevent people from achieving something.
A bit contradictory visually. Just needed to be stated better. [Reply]
Originally Posted by seamonster:
May be reposting, but the Australians are herding their citizens into concentration camps. This is the "progressive" way of handling troublemakers and always has been.
Originally Posted by penguinz:
The fact that you have no clue is why your and idiot.
I agree with what his intentions were with the comment but it does not have a good visual when you say to close the border immigration and refugees then state the opposition is doing things to prevent people from achieving something.
A bit contradictory visually. Just needed to be stated better.
You are no slightly less my enemy, but you called me a idiot so you are now double my enemy [Reply]
Originally Posted by penguinz:
The fact that you have no clue is why your and idiot.
I agree with what his intentions were with the comment but it does not have a good visual when you say to close the border immigration and refugees then state the opposition is doing things to prevent people from achieving something.
A bit contradictory visually. Just needed to be stated better.
That post was intended for janx's moronic thread about making cops have a masters degree. [Reply]
Originally Posted by notorious:
Oh, and fuck Australia’s government.
Fuck their people too honestly. Bunch of fucking losers for allowing this. Tell me right now that if they had these camps in Texas and angry armed to the teeth mob wouldn't show up right away?
Fucking ram the fence and break those people out. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BleedingRed:
**** their people too honestly. Bunch of ****ing losers for allowing this. Tell me right now that if they had these camps in Texas and angry armed to the teeth mob wouldn't show up right away?
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister has contracted the coronavirus in Washington, DC, where he is visiting to discuss social media and military capabilities. https://t.co/nlexpdTQbk
