The Victorian government will pay public housing residents $2,200 in compensation for the 2020 snap COVID-19 lockdown but has refused to admit any fault.
The Victorian government will pay public housing residents $2,200 in compensation for a snap COVID-19 lockdown.The two lead class action plaintiffs are arguing they should receive a higher payment.
Residents in the towers, who were not given any notice or warning before being locked inside their homes for two weeks, said they were falsely imprisoned by the government and were threatened with physical harm if they tried to leave.The aftermath of Melbourne’s housing tower lockdown: ‘I don't know if I'm ever going to be the same again’The state government's lawyers told the Supreme Court on Monday each adult will receive $2,200 and each child $1,130.
She argued the government's detention of those inside the towers complied with the relevant legislation.'It's horrific': Residents of Melbourne's locked-down towers are struggling to receive essential supplies "During the experience of the lockdown, he saw himself as a child in the ravages of a war zone," his barrister Juliet Lucy said.
She said the mother and son have also been ostracised from the Somalian community because they became lead plaintiffs.
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