How Australians are mobilising to support Melbourne's locked-down public housing residents

People from across the country are mobilising to help the public housing tower residents in Melbourne under Australia's strictest coronavirus stay-at-home orders. Here's how you can help too.

Volunteers scramble to organise food and personal hygiene supplies at the Australian Muslim Social Services Agency in North Melbourne, Monday, July 6, 2020. Source: AAP

Thousands of people across nine public housing towers in Melbourne were suddenly ushered into a hard lockdown on Saturday afternoon to contain new coronavirus clusters there.

The 3,000 residents in the Flemington and North Melbourne towers, many of whom are from migrant and refugee backgrounds, are not allowed to leave their buildings for any reason.

A team from Sikh Volunteers Australia outside a tower in Kensington

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Products being delivered as part of the Melbourne Period Project

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