Sky News host RitaPanahi says it seems in Victoria, “if you behave poorly, then you get preferential treatment”.
Sky News host Rita Panahi says it seems in Victoria, “if you behave poorly, then you get preferential treatment”. Last week Victoria DHHS revealed members of five households in a number of suburbs all travelled outside the 5km radius leading to an outbreak which they’re calling the Casey cluster. There are currently 43 infected individuals identified as part of the cluster, however, none of these people are being fined.
“We saw the same thing with the BLM march, there were no fines there and before the march took place they declared no one would be fined, guaranteeing a fairly bumper turnout of 10,000. “I seems that the police admit now that the threat of violence and people damaging property is what prevented them from going in and arresting anybody.
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