Victorians Segmented into 5 Groups Based on Compliance With COVID Restrictions: FOI

Published on December 19, 2023

A state MP is warning that the profiling of citizens could happen again in the future, after revelations the former Andrews Labor government segmented Victorians into five different categories based on their willingness to comply with COVID-19 restrictions. The state’s capital, Melbourne, experienced the most lockdowns of any city in the Western world during COVID-19, spending 262 total days under heavy restrictions. An FOI document released to The Australian newspaper revealed that during the time, citizens were placed into five categories by officials. The first was those who strongly supported and followed restrictions, the second, was those who supported and tried to follow restrictions, while the third group was those who felt restrictions were not needed anymore....

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