Posted on 12/02/2021 2:49:41 PM PST by george76
Freddie Sayers spoke to Hayley Hodgson, who has returned from a 14-day detention..
Hayley Hodgson, 26, moved to Darwin from Melbourne to escape the never-ending lockdowns — only to find herself locked up in a Covid Internment Camp without even having the virus.
She’s just returned from a 14-day detention at Howard Springs, the 2000-capacity Covid camp outside Darwin to which regional Covid cases are transported by the authorities. In an exclusive interview with Freddie Sayers, she recounted her experiences.
It all began when a friend of hers tested positive. She recounts how investigators came to her home shortly afterwards, having run the numberplate of her scooter to identify her as a ‘close contact’. They asked if she had done a Covid test, and in the moment she lied and said she had, when she in fact had not yet. This set in train an extraordinary series of events.
“So then the police officers blocked my driveway,” she says. “I walked out and I said, “what’s going on, are you guys testing me for COVID? What’s happening?” They said, “no, you’re getting taken away. And you have no choice. You’re going to Howard Springs. You either come with us now, and we’ll put you in the back of the divvy van. Or you can have a choice to get a ‘COVID cab’… I just said, “I don’t consent to this. I don’t understand why I can’t just self-isolate at home, like a lot of other people are doing.” And they just said, “we’ve just been told from higher up where to take you. And that’s all that there is.”
She was ordered to pack a bag and was told that she could be released once she tested negative. Collected in the back of a rented van, she was then transported to Howard Springs. On arrival, she was told that she would have to stay there for the full 14 days:
You literally get put on the back of a golf buggy with your bags. And these people are in hazmat suits and everything. They don’t want to come near you because they think you’re infectious. And they literally drop you to your room. And they leave you. They don’t come and say anything, they don’t check up, they don’t do anything. You get delivered your meals once a day. And you are just left. - HAYLEY HODGSON, UNHERDTV She was tested three times during the 14 days, and on each occasion tested negative.
At one stage she was disciplined for leaving the confines of her cabin without a mask and was threatened with a $5000 AUD fine. On another occasion, she told how she was offered Valium to calm her down.
You feel like you’re in prison. You feel like you’ve done something wrong, it’s inhumane what they’re doing. You are so small, they just overpower you. And you’re literally nothing. It’s like ‘you do what we say, or you’re in trouble, we’ll lock you up for longer’. Yeah, they were even threatening me that if I was to do this again, “we will extend your time in here. - HAYLEY HODGSON, UNHERDTV What Hayley is still not certain about is whether her sentence at Howard Springs was punitive and related to her original mistake about the test — that is the impression she got from one call with the Australian Centre for Disease Control.
She has since lost her job at a store, which was on a casual basis. At no stage was she reminded of her rights or put in contact with a lawyer.
This has all taken place in a state that has recorded a total of 290 cases and no deaths. The Northern Territories has suffered comparatively far less than other Australian regions, but it has not shied away from highly draconian measures. Just last month, Katherine Town in the state went into a snap lockdown after three cases were reported.
The state’s Howard Springs centre has been described by the Australian Government as ‘the safest and most functional design for quarantine in Australia’. It has served as a model for quarantine camps elsewhere in the country, with the Australian Government partnering with state governments to deliver ‘Centres for National Resilience’ in Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. These are all expected to be completed in the next 6 months.
What say you?
“having run the numberplate of her scooter to identify her as a ‘close contact’.”
It would be nice to know what that’s about. Most people can identify people they know by name, not by license plate number. They must be going through CCTV footage — how lucky that they installed the Chinese ‘Smart City’ CCTV system in 2019.
Three teenagers escaped the Howard Springs quarantine camp .. police immediately launched a massive manhunt, setting up checkpoints on all roads leaving the area.
The three boys aged 15, 16 and 17, are from an aboriginal community called Binjari where they were placed into the camp after being marked as close contacts .. . All three had tested negative for Covid .
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4017421/posts
Let’s see, Australia; New Zealand; Austria; and Germany are going by way of the interment camps. Germany is saying that anyone who is not vaccinated will go to one of these camps. Since Merkle is from the East Germany Stasi, I wonder if Germany is going to re-open Dachau and are those who aren’t vaccinated, are they going to have to wear some sort of a symbol to show they aren’t vaccinated......Shades of Hitler all over again. Boy man sure didn’t learn much did he?
Love the goodie bag. At least its a step up from Dachau or Manzanar.
Are the ovens built yet? Er, I mean showers, are the showers done yet?
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I saw that too. He probably works for government putting people away
Maybe they have ovens for people and Zyklon-B showers.
I’d believe the report of a fellow Freeper who actually lives in Australia before I’d believe any article in the press.
Hanging out evenings....
Unless the individual is directly involved in the situation, he probably gets his information from the Australian press, no? Are they less biased?
The two-week stay costs $2,500 per person, or $5,000 for a family.
on his watch:
23 Nov: Youtube: first 46secs: It’s always in the eyes
(Chief Minister of The Northern Territory, Australia, Michael Gunner, on people who are against vax mandates)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG7l2T5P8DY
and there are decent Australians who rationalise all the draconian measures being forced on the citizenry!
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More of the Australia is Fascist talk.
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