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‘It’s the first thing that they look at’: claims of racial profiling levelled at Victoria police after Covid fines report
Human rights lawyer says report provides ‘robust’ evidence of profiling, which police deny
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When police pulled over Gunaikurnai woman Anna* in Melbourne’s south-east, she had just completed a compulsory medical screening.
The daily test, directed by Victoria’s Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, was part of the requirements for Anna to be reunited with her child, who was in the state’s child protection system at the time.
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