A class action being launched against the Victorian Government argues that if it weren't for the failures in hotel quarantine, people wouldn't have lost their jobs.
The Victorian Government is facing legal action from workers who lost their jobs during the second round of coronavirus restrictions in the state.The civil suit argues the State Government is liable for damages because of its handling of the hotel quarantine system
A separate legal action was filed in Supreme Court on Monday, against Victoria's Deputy Public Health Commander, for the city's curfew to be declared "unlawful and invalid" "But for the State Government's inept handling of the hotel quarantine, we wouldn't have had the second round of lockdowns and people wouldn't have lost their jobs," he said.
"We're saying that this claim picks up anyone that has lost their job because of the second round of lockdowns."
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