Aunty Verna Barker looks out from her window at her Minto home, as food deliveries are made by grassroots community volunteers.
In March, the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison said people over 70 years of age should self-isolate at home because they are most vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus. He went on to say that equally, Aboriginal people over 50 should also self-isolate. In that instant, perhaps unwittingly, the Prime Minister publicly pronounced the appalling disparity and 20 year life expectancy gap between non-Aboriginal people and Aboriginal people.
More pics to come from this series shot today.
Part of an ongoing photographic series, 'COVID-19 Diaries'.
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