Posted on 11/22/2021 1:39:29 PM PST by ransomnote
In an appalling breach of human rights, 38 indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory have been hauled into quarantine camps by the army.
The Australian army has begun forcibly removing residents in the Northern Territories to the Howard Springs quarantine camp located in Darwin after nine new Covid-19 cases were identified in the community of Binjari. The move comes after hard lockdowns were instituted in the communities of both Binjari and nearby Rockhole on Saturday night.
Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner announced today that the “Residents of Binjari and Rockhole no longer have the five reasons to leave their homes,.” The five allowable reasons to avoid lockdown that he referred to are buying food and supplies, exercising for up to two hours, care or caregiving, work, or education. It is a case of if it can’t be done from home, and to get vaccinated at the nearest possible location.
“They can only leave for medical treatment, in an emergency, or as required by law.” says Gunner, he continues that “It’s highly likely that more residents will be transferred to Howard Springs today, either as positive cases or close contacts,” adding “We have already identified 38 close contacts from Binjari but that number will go up. Those 38 are being transferred now.”
Gunner said that he had contacted the Prime Minister last night and that they are grateful for the support of about 20 ADF personnel, as well as army trucks to assist with the transfer of positive cases and close contacts – and to support the communities. He also said “We are doing an assessment today of what extra resources we might need from the Feds, and the Prime Minister is ready to help further – I thank him for that.”
The video below shows the Northern Territory Chief Minister Michael Gunner as he announces the news.
ransomnote: video embedded in article webpage at link or available on Youtube
Quarantine facilities
There are two mandatory supervised quarantine facilities in the Northern Territory; Centre for National Resilience in Howard Springs, Darwin, and the Alice Springs Quarantine Facility, Alice Springs. As stated on the Northern Territory Government website, A person in quarantine must;
Chief Health Officer Direction 52 of 2021 sets out what a person must do when in quarantine at the Centre for National Resilience and at Alice Springs Quarantine Facility. This direction is law – every person in quarantine must do what the Direction says. If a person does not follow the Direction, the Northern Territory Police may issue an Infringement Notice with a financial penalty. (Source)
The Northern Territory as of today, November 22nd, 2021, has a total of 38 “Cases” of what they deem to be COVID-19, which makes it even more blatantly obvious that the excessive new measure has nothing to do with a virus.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/capitol-breach-cases
And if you were kept in solitary for nearly a year in a festering DC jail with no chance for a bond, you'd plead guilty to anything.
That’s fair.
I read your profile some time ago and it doesn’t look like it has changed.
I will confess that I’m a bit younger. (I couldn’t even vote until the W. times, to give you a rough idea.) Won’t go into details, but felt betrayed by the Iraq lie. Have a strong distrust of anything to do with “the establishment” as a result. I’m also married to another man, so there is that factor when talking about more traditional Republican politics. At the same time, I’m conservative in almost all respects, and I love the good parts of the USA.
In my view, Trump was the best of the possible options, both in 2016 and 2020, but I was never an unquestioning fan due to his ego and lack of basic knowledge, which negatively impacted so many of his choices. What this country really needs is someone who wants to radically shake things up (“drain the swamp”), but is also competent enough to accomplish good things and to know what doesn’t need tinkering with. Finding an outsider with the ability to makeover the insiders is pretty difficult, so that may never happen in this country in my lifetime.
It’s pretty sad that the current state of things is mostly neo-Marxists vs. greedy establishment vs. Q-nuts. Hopefully some good returns soon, but I’m a pessimist. Take care.
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