Melbourne public housing tower residents win $5m payout over Covid lockdown
Alfred Street tower resident and community leader Barry Berih said residents would discuss the offer but wanted an apology instead of a financial settlement.
“I feel very disgusted in terms of this offer, but we have to actually work together as a community to move forward,” Berih told ABC radio. The settlement still needs to be approved in the supreme court, but under the agreement affected adults who opt in to the scheme would receive equal shares and children would receive half of that.
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