Victorian government offers to settle class action over towers' COVID-19 lockdown for $5 million

The Victorian government has proposed a $5 million settlement to public housing tower residents who were subjected to a contentious COVID-19 lockdown.

The class action was launched by residents of nine public housing towers in Flemington and North Melbourne, who were locked down during Melbourne's second lockdown in July 2020.

The residents are seeking damages and declarations that the government's actions were unlawful or beyond its powers.

The class action alleges the government wrongly detained residents of the towers for up to 14 days and wrongly threatened them if they tried to leave the towers.

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-09/victorian-government-offers-tower-lockdown-settlement/102319922