Sky News host Peta Credlin says Melburnians are tonight locked in their homes, with their businesses being shut, thanks to a lockdown 'based on a lie'.
Sky News host Peta Credlin says Melburnians are tonight locked in their homes, with their businesses being shut, thanks to a lockdown "based on a lie". "Not a deliberate lie perhaps – but fake news, if you like," Ms Credlin said.
"Something thought to be true but found out to be false". Ms Credlin discussed how two of Victoria's recent COVID-19 cases which were "used to justify the extra week of Melbourne's lockdown were actually 'false positives'". "This is a lockdown based on a lie".
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