191 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, above n 186, 35.
192 Equality Rights Alliance, Submission No 88 to the Select Committee on COVID-19, Inquiry into the Australian
Government’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (28 May 2020) 4; Community Legal Centres Australia, Submission
to the Select Committee on COVID-19, Inquiry into the Australian Government’s Response to the COVID-19
Pandemic(12 June 2020) 6.
193 Equality Rights Alliance, ibid, 6.
194 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, above n 186, 32; Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance
(NT), Submission to the Select Committee on COVID-19, Inquiry into the Australian Government’s Response to the
COVID-19 Pandemic (1 June 2020) 5-6; National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, Submission No
64 to the Select Committee on COVID-19, Inquiry into the Australian Government’s Response to the COVID-19
Pandemic (28 May 2020) 7-8, 25. There is also deep concern about the virus being spread to Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Peoples in the Northern Territory and other remote regions by US military troops and mining operations,
and with the imminent opening of NT borders. See Keira Jenkins, “‘Shut it Down’: Traditional Owners Call for a Stop to
the NT’s FIFO Mining Workers” NTIV (Online, 26 March 2020) <https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2020/03/26/shut-itdown-traditional-owners-call-stop-nts-fifo-mining-workers>;
195 ABS (2020), 6160.0.55.001 - Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia, Week ending 18 April 2020, viewed 7 May
2020 <https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/6160.0.55.001>.
196 Equality Rights Alliance, above n 192, 3-4
197 Children and Young People with Disability Australia, Submission to the Select Committee on COVID-19, Inquiry into
the Australian Government’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (28 May) 2-3.
198Westerly, Submission No 115 to the Select Committee on COVID-19, Inquiry into the Australian Government’s
Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (28 May 2020) 4.
199 Australian Youth Affairs Coalition, Young Australians and our Response to COVID-19 - Member Briefing (May 2020)
1-2.
200 Claudia Farhart, ‘How is Each State Enacting the Moratorium on Rental Evictions?’ SBS News (Online, 13 April 2020)
<https://www.sbs.com.au/news/how-is-each-state-enacting-the-moratorium-on-rental-evictions>.
201 The Australian Government, Economic Response to the Coronavirus <https://treasury.gov.au/coronavirus>.
202 Human Rights Law Centre, above n 180, 8-9; Refugee Advice and Casework Service, Submission No 68 to the
Select Committee on COVID-19, Inquiry into the Australian Government’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (28
May 2020) 1-4.
203 Human Rights Law Centre, Australians’ Right to Protest’ (Joint Statement, 18 June 2020)
<https://www.hrlc.org.au/news/2020/6/18/australians-right-to-protest>.
204 Australian Council of Social Services, Submission No 130 to the Select Committee on COVID-19, Inquiry into the
Australian Government’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (26 May 2020) 4.
205 Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory, Submission to the Select Committee on COVID-19, Inquiry into the
Australian Government’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic (4 June 2020) 2; National Aboriginal Community
Controlled Health Organisation, above n 194, 7-8, 25; Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance (NT), above n 194, 5-6.
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