Is Melbourne really the world's most locked-down city?

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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says Melbourne is the world's most locked-down city. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

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Mr Frydenberg's claim is not clear cut.

Melbourne has clearly been one of the more locked-down cities of the world during the pandemic, but there is at least one city which was locked down for longer. Fact Check was unable to find a comprehensive dataset covering restrictions across every city in the world.

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No!

The bullshit metre was off the Richter scale when this was being screamed around the place... But hey, Let's not stand un the way of a good headline by the ever so honest lnpee....

Of course we are. Until a month ago you couldn't get ten cases without half the city losing a job. That's madness. No normal government would overreact that way

I cannot believe this man

Oh, so someone at the ABC saw my tweet and decided to follow it up. Good. About time the nonsense was knocked on the head.

What's with the fact-checking and backflipping now?

This fact checking would have been good several weeks ago when it was reported widely. You know, like accuracy and such…

Try China

Does Frydenburg realise how much damage he has done to the liberal federal government with all his antics, He's the Federal Treasurer not a State MP Every time he flapped his lips I cringed at his unwelcome attitude, fuck!! this is a pandemic not a political podium

I think Josh is refering to his mental capacity.

If you ask the 'kill Dan' paid Twitter cultists they'll scream like demented zombies the same lies as their Biased Corporate media (opinions only) flogs & MP's instruct them to. Truth & Reality optional!

Most locked down, safest city in the world during Covid. So that’s actually a good thing, right?

Its definitely got the highest proportion of intelligent deficient people

So Abcnews uses a guy that has FAILED EVERY federal portfolio he has held as an authoritative voice. Same guy that lost $60Billion last year, create a jobs policy that created no jobs. R U people theABC stupid? R U purposely trying to destroy your credibility? Fact Check that!

Nope! Lies all lies south Africa had 500 days

Of course - and it is still LockedDown - don’t pretend that we are free of all the draconian restrictions that LockDownDan has imposed upon us over the period of COVID19 in PrisonVictoria

Even if it WAS who’s fault is that ? 6 months too last to provide vaccines Fraudenberg… useless. VoteThemAllOut

A very worried man who will say whatever takes his fancy.

What would this bean counter know?

Josh is out of his political depth.

You can't believe a word Fraudenberg utters

Here's an ABC article that can assist:

If you don't include the other cities that have locked down for longer.. Melb can be called the world's most locked down City. 🙄

Yes

What a nasty price of work! Lock downs saved lives that’s why we had one of the lowest death rates in the world. Plus these infections came in from his government’s failure to do its border work! Hope the voters of Kooyong remember him on voting “Josh out day” .

Too late now The damage is done You should have fact checked at the beginning This is the most pro government ABC I have ever witnessed

RememberJoshVictoriaRemember

Josh is as bigger BS artist as Scoot and Hunt. It is their most accomplished skill but they still always get caught out in the end.

Frydenburg .Victorian traitor.

So you've repeated the claim ad nauseum for how many days and NOW you've decided to fact check it? Not the Aunty I grew up with...

Whatever the truth of the matter is, it appears pretty clear that Josh Frydenberg will criticise Victoria and all the hard yards they have done every chance he gets. Maybe he should run for a seat in another state.

Qldaah And example of the true colours of the (Mooodoch infected) ABCNEWS

I think what should be measured is how many states or countries with 6-7million ppl had higher death rates than Melbourne than you can look at our lockdowns in context.

Damn,you fucking real?defund you is my target in the future

I bet you he would “cook 2-minutes noodle for 1 and a half”!

Every time you push this story, it silences the health message. Find better headlines eg all the good work communities are doing to facilitate good health outcomes for us all.

Even if it is The Vic lockdown did protect lives..NSW Delta death 500 double that of Vic 256. Vic would also be the lowest Delta death of major cities anywhere in the world

Sounds like he has a plan to move to Sydney...is Morrison going to parachute him in somewhere

'A lie has travelled half-way round the world before truth has put its boots on.' But in your case, Murdoch-controlled ABC, your lies are making multiple trips round the globe before you make a token effort to correct them. ☹😡🤬

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Did police check the content of coffee cups anywhere else? Melbourne had the saddest and most unnecessary of lockdowns, as well as the longest. COVID19Vic

Yes

Geez ABC. Move on.

ABC in bed with Labour VIC... how sad. What an ordinary marketing department? Should be truly independent...

The key thing is that we have had 2 winters without significant vaccines. Many northern hemisphere countries may overtake us this winter if their vaccine rate does not improve.

Shouldn’t this have been fact checked before you published the stories claiming this?

Of course Frydenberg notaVictorianjustaLiberal 's source was drumrolll...... The Herald Sun.

🤡 🌎 spin.

Funny how the ABC need to fact check the claim they have made on the ABC.

Why does Frydenberg hate Victoria so much?

Josh is a conservative, he doesn't need to be bothered with inconvenient things like facts. So long as the anti-Dan rabble believe it that's good enough for him.

** Not clear cut *** so why has the ABC previously reported incorrectly that Melbourne was? FactsMatter FactCheck ThisisNotJournalism

This kind of fact checking would be appreciated at the time of, and not after the fact now that lockdowns are ending and can no longer be politicised.

Cant help wondering JoshFrydenberg • How Melbourne ‘earned’ that dubious, albeit incorrect, ‘honour’? • Who were undermining Vic CHO’s safety precautions? • What role did the right-wing traitors play in maintaining these lockdowns? KooyongKickHimOut AusElection2022

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And Scomo could be the only leader of developed nations who took over 200 days to fix vaccination process. MLB wouldn’t have been in this prolonged lockdown if he fixed vaccination and quarantine at right time. JoshFrydenberg just playing politics as he always did.

Fry has done his Frying, scored his political points. As typical LNP, finally undermined by the facts.

And frankly, who fucking cares, maybe a focus on how massively effective the public health measures have been in 🇦🇺 would be a more helpful approach. Not this stupid focus on ‘freedoms’ that are meaningless to a virus.

🤦‍♀️ who comes up with this faux reporting - please take blinkers off

theage smh sunherald australian all ran with this, repeated it, regurgitated the Fed govt’s preferred narrative…msm “journalism” is an absolute joke in this country; you are failing our democracy.

No that's Manila. But hey the ABC loves hit pieces so I guess it's good enough for them. What a shit organisation. Truly.

GrantKTaylor Why would anyone listen to a word out of the federal Treasurer's mouth? It is gutter politics, kicking his Victorian constituency when we are at the nadir notaleaderjustaliberal saysorryjosh

Melbourne’s been made a sh1thole.

ABC News is like an abusive partner. Slaps you around with lies of lockdowns and misery and then tries to smooth it over sweet talking fact checks.

Yes it is.

Josh Frydenberg caught lying… again! LNPCrimeFamily

Not locked-down enough if you ask me. We relaxed too early and we’re paying the price for it now. Lockdowns need to continue until a couple of the boosters are released and the delta variant is eradicated.

Fraudenberg can FRO

At least did something, more then can be said of the other media outlets. And even if we did, may we remind him that it was his NSW-centric government that triggered our most recent lockdown, that and their Murdoch friends

Could the ABC please stop trying to be the gossip magazine of Australian media. We already have far to much rubbish posing as news.

so after peddling this for months as gospel now you think it needs fact checking in the bin

Considering the vaccine debacle it doesn't matter whether it's true or not, what was the alternative to lockdown, JoshFrydenberg?

Really? After pushing this every “most locked down” milestone for the past 3 months, now you’re going to fact check…

These places were locked down as their countries were smashed with Covid. 3rd world countries at that. Chile 1.7m cases, Argentina 5.6m cases. 🇦🇺 has not been smashed. This is the incompetence of the vic govt on show. How embarrassing.

Depends: 1- continuously NO . Buenos Aires had the most continuous lockdown 2- collectively YES. Melbourne had the most number of days of lockdowns. However different stages and massive gap between each. 3- Delta lockdown NO. Even Sydney had more days of lockdown. You decide.

Is? We just came out of lockdown. Why are these articles still happening?

Josh's Wheel of Fortune question.

Thanks for setting things straight ABCFactCheck - I have staff in Manila and they have not been to the office since March 2020. Even if they have a permit, they can’t get to work as public transport has stopped running! Not even allowed 1 hour exercise outside! 😥 No whingeing!

Why ask someone who hates Victoria the most?

People in Melbourne right now

We are certainly the most Knocked Down city thanks to JoshFrydenberg and his mates.

Yes

It's really not a competition. Fraudenburg's only trying to pretend to care about Melbourne anyway, nobody's buying it.

I don't like comparing Australia or it's cities to other countries or cities when it comes to this pandemic. So I am happy with most locked down city in Australia. 😜

With its behaviour, it should be 'locked up'!!

Most locked down city and 2000 cases a day

Doesn't the stats confirm that.

Well votejoshout also says the libs are the best economic managers.....

Why don't you fact check Why are you 50% more likely to survive COVID living in NSW than Victoria? 800Kms away? Forget about Chile! LOL Regardless of the length of lockdown?

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