The COVID Policing website has received more than 60 complaints about police behaviour since its launch last week
A Melbourne woman said she had also felt intimidated by police, who she said followed her with their car and questioned why she was outside - despite the fact she was obviously jogging in her exercise gear.
"I wondered if a white, caucasian woman would’ve been followed like this and questioned. I was alone with no one around, in broad daylight and not doing anything illegal." Tim O'Connor of Amnesty International Australia has been monitoring the complaints closely and is now building a base of evidence based on the public's reports.
The group is calling on each state to implement a 'sunset clause' on their coronavirus legislation, which would see restrictions automatically lifted once the pandemic is over. "We’ve also had reports about the Australian Defence Force being mobilised in remote communities in the Northern Territory."
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