Victorian public housing tower residents agree on $5m compensation for COVID-19 lockdown from government

3 years ago by LineNoise to c/melbourne

Melbourne public housing tower residents will receive compensation payments of about $2,200 each from the Victorian government after they were forced into a sudden hard lockdown during a COVID-19 outbreak in 2020.

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brave 7 points 3 years ago

$2,200 is pretty paltry... what those residents were put through was pretty awful . It was a tough time for all Melbournians I can't imagine what it was like to be essentially under guard in those towers. .

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Marsupial -2 points 3 years ago

What they were put through was a lockdown. Same as everyone else, just because theirs ways specific to a building instead of the whole suburb or city is a good thing.

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cuavas 5 points 3 years ago

What they were put through was a lockdown. Same as everyone else

Was your home surrounded by police with no explanation, no warning, and no arrangements for food? It was very much not the same as everyone else.

In other apartment buildings with cases, people were given written notice and expected to self-isolate.

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