Community members in the areas of western Sydney under the city's harshest lockdown restrictions say they hope the impending arrival of hundreds of Australian Defence Force personnel will not result in overpolicing.
Community members in the areas of western Sydney under the city's harshest lockdown restrictions say they hope the impending arrival of hundreds of Australian Defence Force personnel will not result in overpolicing.
The local government areas affected are Canterbury-Bankstown, Fairfield, Liverpool, Blacktown, Cumberland, Parramatta, Campbelltown and Georges River. Each has a sizeable multicultural population and community members who do not speak English as a first language.Liverpool City councillor Charishma Kaliyanda said there were concerns the additional personnel were being sent in to fine people.
"All it takes is for a few people to have bad experiences to share those experiences for a lot of fear to build." "Trust is a really important part of the connection between communities - whether that is health or policing. As long as it is coming from a place of health and wellbeing, then that is going to be a positive result and positive connection," she said. he was sceptical sending in the ADF would be overly helpful.
"We are receiving many questions around vaccine hesitancy, and overall people are feeling more depleted," she said.
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