The Queensland Human Rights Commission is struggling to deal with the ongoing influx of enquiries regarding public health directives amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
The state’s top human rights body which normally deals with complaints surrounding discrimination and harassment have been overwhelmed with calls about the ever-changing restrictions facing Queenslanders, so much so that they have released an FAQ sheet.
A spokeswoman for the commission said they have received over one thousand one hundred calls about the pandemic since the first of January this year, accounting for almost thirty five per cent of all calls, often taking them up to six months to respond.