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Douglas McClenaghan's avatar

I'm struggling to think of anything the Victorian government did right, Katy.

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Alex's avatar

Agree with this so much. In the Jewish community there is still enormous distrust of the police after the incredibly draconian way they enforced the restrictions. One rabbi I know had six (!) police cars stationed outside his house for a festival. He can barely walk and there was no prayer service happening inside. In my Shule we had police drive by and stop “just to have a chat” when we were acting on the direct recommendations of what was at that point called dhhs. Needless to say many of our congregants saw them on the corner and literally turned around and didn’t come. Other people were told that they weren’t allowed to pray outside on their own driveways (on their property) and that they had to be physically inside the house or face fines. The trust has been further eroded by their anaemic response to the latest incidents of antisemitism. There is a lot do work to be done to restore trust here.

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