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Police in New South Wales argued against a proposed public health order that would have allowed vulnerable Aboriginal communities to choose to lockdown in the event of a coronavirus outbreak.

The ABC reports that the NSW chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, proposed the health order in March 2020 in response to a request from some remote Aboriginal communities to restrict access and travel to those communities to prevent the spread of Covid.



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