Infections at Melbourne tower could grow

Twelve workers tested positive for coronavirus, with close to 20 casuals identified as close contacts, at the Multiplex Premier Apartments site on Spencer St on Friday.

“You can’t expect to have 12 positive cases and 20 close contacts without more confirmed infections,” union representative Jan Meehan said. Ms Meehan was “quite confident” tighter restrictions weren’t imminent, but warned stricter laws that caused construction sites to close would be “catastrophic” for the economy.

Casual workers? No sick leave, labour hire most likely so no real wh&s. Yay privatised profit and public liability!!

Covid-19 deaths Jan-July 2020 = 180ish Deaths from other causes Jan-July 2020 = 106,000 ... why doesn't Murdoch's performing monkeys care about them?

We're missing the bleeding obvious. I'm in Brimbank hotspot & there's still homeless ppl camping in parks & casual migrant workers who just can't afford to stay home coz no sick/annual leave & no access to welfare. Instead of going on abt face masks, fix these festering problems!

We should stop pretending that we are dealing scientifically with this virus in Australia; It is obvious from different approaches taken around the world that lockdowns are not the only way of dealing with this virus; We need to achieve a better balance between health & economics

Of course it will grow. They will have 2 weeks off and get back to work. Come on.

Infected workers working and employers not checking. A WHS issue.

An outbreak of what? Unionism?

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