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Queensland’s Human Rights Commissioner raises concerns over handling of youth and vulnerable people during coronavirus lockdown
Queensland’s Human Rights Commissioner has called for more transparency around decisions that restrict people’s rights during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing concerns about “jamming children into watch houses” for weeks.
Key points:
- Commissioner Scott McDougall says the pandemic shouldn’t be a “blank cheque” to override individual’s human rights
- He says some children were held in “unsuitable” conditions in watch houses for weeks
- Laws passed during the pandemic gave carers extra powers to lock people with disabilities inside homes
Speaking at an event at the Queensland Law Society, Commissioner Scott McDougall said some children were held in the Ipswich police station watch house during a COVID-19 outbreak in the Brisbane Youth Detention…
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