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Teenagers from remote NT community arrested after escape from Howard Springs COVID quarantine facility (Australia)
abc.net.au ^ | Nov. 30, 2021

Posted on 11/30/2021 8:20:57 PM PST by PROCON

Police checking cars near the facility in Darwin's rural area. (ABC News: Peter Lacey)

Northern Territory police say they don't believe three teenagers who allegedly absconded from Darwin's Howard Springs COVID-19 quarantine facility this morning came into contact with members of the community.

At a COVID update press conference, NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner confirmed the teenagers, aged 15, 16 and 17, tested negative for the virus yesterday.

He said all three were from the Binjari community near Katherine and had been sent into quarantine as close contacts of positive cases.

~~SNIP~~

The facility is housing people affected by the Katherine region COVID-19 outbreak as well as returned travellers from repatriation flights, including a man who tested positive for the Omicron variant on Monday.

He said the escape could mean an extension of the time the teenagers were required to stay in quarantine.

"Absconding from Howard Springs isn't just dangerous — it is incredibly stupid," he said.

"Because we will catch you and there will be consequences."


TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: australia; branchcovidians; covid; covidtruth; fascism; howardsprings; kungflu; quarantinecamps; revelation13; statism; tyranny
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To: PROCON

When do the oppressors start not coming home? Fight or die.


61 posted on 12/01/2021 3:49:56 AM PST by Truth29
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To: PROCON

Per the Deep State down there, this isn’t a quarantine camp.

It’s a Centre of National Resiliance.

And if that doesn’t creep you the Hell out...


62 posted on 12/01/2021 3:52:59 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: Mr. Mojo
The best part of "Logan's Run"...


63 posted on 12/01/2021 3:58:15 AM PST by newfreep (“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
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To: Fiji Hill
"Incredible! Australia is getting to be just like the old German Democratic Republic"
People's Republic of China.

Just a little easier to control.

64 posted on 12/01/2021 5:12:31 AM PST by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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To: DainBramage

“Why do they even have those facilities?”

Ahhhhh, critical thinking skills.


65 posted on 12/01/2021 6:22:53 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up....)
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To: Aussiebabe
I suggest you do a little real research on what is really happening.

Please post links that you consider to be a more accurate portrayal of real time events, thanks.

66 posted on 12/01/2021 6:24:11 AM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: newfreep

No doubt.

Remember that Farrah got billing on the promos to entice moviegoers? “Starring Farrah Fawcett.” Yeah right. Turned out she was in it for about 3 minutes and had about the same number of lines.

No matter, Jenny Agutter was hotter anyway.


67 posted on 12/01/2021 6:52:26 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: fluorescence
I have seen several posters insisting that place doesn’t even have a fence and the government isn’t even keeping people there, like they can just come and go at will.

It is like so much around here--denial is not a river in Egypt.

When the elites say they hate you, it is time to start believing them!
68 posted on 12/01/2021 6:57:04 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Aussiebabe

Help us out.

Detail the inaccuracies of this article.

Does the “detention facility” exist? Yes or no please

Did these young people escape from the facility? Yes or no.

Were they captured and brought back to the facility by force?

Yes or no.


69 posted on 12/01/2021 7:02:21 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Aussiebabe

You sound like a happy slave.


70 posted on 12/01/2021 9:28:50 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill

What no FR pro-jab goosesteppers calling these camps fake?

It looks like the Great Escape all over again. I was hoping these human rights dissidents made it to the Swedish embassy and could request political asylum in the embassy from the pro-vax death cult that is now Australia.


71 posted on 12/01/2021 9:58:18 AM PST by sarge83
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To: Fiji Hill
That is pretty funny coming from someone whose Federal Government locks up people in Washington DC, without bail, little representation, cannot speak to families and then outlandish sentences for trespassing from a corrupt Justice system! Or someones’ country where the Attorney General is as fascist as anyone in China and investigates people for speaking out at School board meetings. I could go on and on, but I doubt you want really learn about Australia.
72 posted on 12/01/2021 1:28:52 PM PST by Aussiebabe
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To: Chickensoup
We have not given up our guns. In fact, there are now more guns legally in the hands of gun owners than before the restrictions and the average gun owner has about twice the number of guns. It is true that, unless you are a professional hunter, it is difficult to own a semi-automatic rife, but fairly easily to obtain shot guns and hand guns.
73 posted on 12/01/2021 1:31:39 PM PST by Aussiebabe
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To: DainBramage
It says why in the article: “The facility is housing people affected by the Katherine region COVID-19 outbreak as well as returned travellers from repatriation flights, including a man who tested positive for the Omicron variant on Monday.”

The facilities were originally built in 2012 to house 3500 temporary Japanese oil and gas construction workers through 2018 for the giant Impex project. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-29/inpex-legacy-riding-boom-avoiding-bust-nt-economy/10236158 When the project was finished the Japanese gave the facilities to the Northern Territory in 2019. Now on the average with returning Aussies from overseas and housing the few aboriginals, it has on the average only 600 people. The overview of the large site, makes it look like it holds many people (it can), but that because it was first built for the 3500 Japanese, but at the peak of construction there were 8000 (only 1000 were local) workers who had to be housed and it was expanded. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/04/beyond-marketing-cliches-inside-howard-springs-quarantine-centre-i-find-shel You might not like the policy, but Australians returning to Australia had to spend 14 days in quarantine. In the past, they were put up in hotels in the downtown cities (some states are still doing it). It didn't work very well, as many of the workers at the hotels got the Covid, so they started bringing some overseas to the facilities in the Northern Territory to house these people. https://coronavirus.nt.gov.au/travel/quarantine/mandatory-supervised-quarantine They normally just stay for 14 days. The facilities are fairly basic, but clean and in most cases, much better than where some of the aboriginals live in squalid conditions(their own choice) in the NT. This story in the Washington Post (I know, a very lefty media site), tells the story of an Aussie returning home and his experiences staying there for the 14 days. It shows what the rooms and food look like. They are hardly concentration camps. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/australia-darwin-covid-quarantine/2021/05/21/f72bc0ac-ad1b-11eb-82c1-896aca955bb9_story.html It a bit outdated from May, because now all Aussies can come home and I believe the borders are open to all on December 15th.

Again, you might not like the policy, but this article explains why the few aboriginals from one community were moved to the same facilities where the returning Aussies were in quarantine. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-21/nt-explainer-on-new-cases-in-binjari-and-rockhole/100638192 Many of the aboriginals liked living there, but should only be there for 14 days, unless the outbreak continues. Hhttps://aecom.com/projects/manigurr-ma-village/ere is a short article about the construction

74 posted on 12/01/2021 2:08:45 PM PST by Aussiebabe
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To: fluorescence

See post 74


75 posted on 12/01/2021 2:11:11 PM PST by Aussiebabe
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To: DesertRhino

See post 74


76 posted on 12/01/2021 2:12:10 PM PST by Aussiebabe
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To: cgbg

See post 74


77 posted on 12/01/2021 2:12:37 PM PST by Aussiebabe
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To: cgbg

See post 74


78 posted on 12/01/2021 2:12:48 PM PST by Aussiebabe
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To: PROCON

Do you think they would be getting away with this if they hadn’t taken away their guns couple years back?


79 posted on 12/01/2021 2:13:07 PM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: PROCON

See post 74 the comments on this thread are pretty funny.


80 posted on 12/01/2021 2:13:44 PM PST by Aussiebabe
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