The heavy-handed approach, that hasn’t been used elsewhere, has been slammed as racist: 'This isn’t a public health response, it’s explicitly targeting people of colour and working class communities. The double standard is there in plain sight.'
Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi said the police operation is a “terrible turn of events”.
“This isn’t a public health response, it’s explicitly targeting people of colour and working class communities in the western suburbs,” National Director Neha Madhok told SBS.
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