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Meatworks and coronavirus: The ‘domino effect’ from Victoria’s abattoirs pushing COVID-19 case numbers higher – ABC News
You used to be able to smell Melbourne’s meatworks before you could see them. Now, linked to almost 300 coronavirus cases, the abattoirs are on the nose once again.
You used to be able to smell the meatworks in Melbourne’s western suburbs before you could see them.
The first abattoirs operated on the banks of the Maribyrnong, and butchers dumped offal straight into the river. As Footscray became the industrial heartland of Melbourne, the meat business expanded and pushed further west into factories close to the railway line.
The meatworks that have survived are rarely smelt and hardly seen, tucked away amongst shuttered warehouses and faded shipping conta…
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