The Andrews government has quietly rejected the ombudsman’s recommendation to compensate Victorians treated “inhumanely” when Victoria’s border with NSW was shut last year during the COVID-19 pandemic. | heyracheddie
The Andrews government has rejected the ombudsman’s recommendation to compensate Victorians trapped in NSW when borders shut last year.
Macedon Ranges resident Jose Garcia was stuck for three months in regional NSW when his mother needed help for surgery and his father passed away in a nursing home. His family in Victoria missed the funeral and his wife had to manage their farm on her own.that the government had not apologised.Chris HopkinsThe ombudsman called on the government to publicly report on steps it took to deal with her recommendations.
“What would make me happy is if they said: ‘We got it wrong, the processes need to be improved, we acknowledge there was no empathy shown to people, and in future this will never happen again’,” Garcia said.He has not received an apology from the government, although some others have by email.Once it is finalised, as part of a two-year review into the government’s progress on recommendations in all her reports, it will be tabled in parliament. Glass declined to comment until then.
“An apology and compensation, particularly for those on low incomes who were paying rent in two states, would be the least the government could do.”
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