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NSW offered Chinese residents free COVID testing and treatment, but refused to lockdown Willoughby and other Chinese centres, or order compulsory testing

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 by Ganesh Sahathevan    Kerry Chant at the United Front's NSW Preparatory Committee to Assist Wuhan in Countering COVID event. Photo and explanatory notes tweeted by Geoff Wade .See link https://twitter.com/geoff_p_wade/status/1341247034590838787 As this writer has noted and tweeted:  On or around 29 January 2020 NSW CHO Kerry Chant spoke specifically to the Chinese community.Chinese in Australia who do not qualify for Medicare were offered free testing and treatment. Despite these precautions Chant encouraged everyone to visit ,not avoid, "cosmopolitan" areas. However, despite the concerns, Willoughby and other areas with significant Chinese populations were not locked down, and its residents not subject to mandatory testing. In contrast, residents of the Northern Beaches have been subjected to restrictions and testing after just one or two cases were detected.  CHO Kerry Chant's speech to a Chinese audience, where the offer of free testing and treatment was made, 

Foreign interference laws may provide another avenue for the investigation of MP Cowan Anne Aly's Malaysian contacts

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  by Ganesh Sahathevan  The issues raised below, which concern MP for Cowan Anne Aly, remain unresolved. The response from  WA Corruption & Crime Commissioner John McKechnie   adds to the mystery.  The new foreign interference laws  provide another avenue for investigation into the matter. There was nothing in the email sent by this writer to Ms Aly that concerned Malaysia, or any other country.  Not "new or worthy of consideration" : WA Corruption & Crime Commissioner confirms but dismisses Anne Azza Aly's referring queries about PAVE,her work to Malaysia  by Ganesh Sahathevan   John McKechnie The issues raised on my related RealpoltikAsia blog in the posting:  ALP's Anne Aly's Phoenix Consulting of Dubai provides covert intel training-Who does she report to in Dubai, and then there is the matter of Malaysia....... were brought to the attention of The Hon John McKechnie QC,the current Commissioner, WA Corruption and Crime ,given the security implications