Melbourne public housing tower residents offered $5m payout over Covid lockdown

The Victorian government has settled a class action from residents who say they were wrongly detained during the pandemic

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Thousands of residents forced into a sudden Covid-19 lockdown in public housing towers in Melbourne in 2020 will be eligible for $5m in compensation.

The Victorian government has settled a class action over measures intended to stop an outbreak of the virus in nine towers at the height of the second wave.