Well a lot of Asian countries are tracking, using bracelets etc. There are other ways to do it. It just seems to be that a handful of people do not want to comply.
And thus begs the question of whether going to the extent of tracking people is justified in the circumstances.
Remember too that even if the majority of those 800 people were exercising it was, until this morning at least, perfectly legal (which also means the public housing lockdowns were illegal, and I suspect thereâll be a court challenge at some stage about this)
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Here in SA there was one man who came from Victoria and went to the gym 6 times. People arenât doing things that are perfectly legal which makes it evident that they need to do something different to make sure what they are doing is. People shouldnât have a problem being tracked if they are doing the right thing and sometimes we need to suck it up to get through something.
When they say that 800/3000 werenât home I assume that just mean 800 people didnât answer the door? There are plenty of reasons they might not hear a knock - E.g. if someone is sleeping (which is likely if they are sick), out in backyard, on a call for work, having a shower etc etc could all be valid reasons that someone doesnât answer the door. Exercise is not unlawful either until tomorrow. So Iâm wondering if itâs possible that only a smaller percentage of these numbers genuinely are doing the wrong thing.
That also crossed my mind. If I was in the shower or asleep I wouldnât hear anymore knocking at the door.
The door knocks are several over a period of time. Itâs more likely that 3000 is cumulative (eg - the same person not being home 3 times is added in 3 times).
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From the conversations iâve had, this seems to be the consensus opinion out there. Including from people that were outraged that China was doing that 5 months ago. Now it seems the only logical thing to do.
Legalities aside. these are people that are carelessly risking so many lives and livelihoods of other people. ethically, why should anyone care about risking these peoples OH&S?
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Honestly shocking. Why arenât these jailable offences 
Whoops I took the post too seriously, sorry!
Although, when we advance further technologically, it could be a thing, who knows?
Is the officer ok?
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Nine News said this retailer âcontactless click and collectâ needs to be for essential items only. Not sure who is going to define or monitor that for the retailers.
Assault is a jailable offence.
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You can only click and collect in your 5km radius anyway. For most that would give very limited options. Iâm sure for most retailers it wouldnât be worth their while bothering.
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I expect a tumbleweed to wander across the freeway.
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The Governmentâs permitted worker scheme form can be found here -
3AW breakfast said the site to get permitted worker scheme crashed this morning and had been taken down temporarily.
UPDATE:
The Department of Justice has posted alternate links to provide information on the permitted worker scheme.
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Re. the first point - so police do random checks on trains and trams after all, looking for people breaking curfew and/or not having exemptions
Re. the fourth point - do police check IDs on people inside shopping centres?
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