Andrews Government Offers $5 Million to Shut Down COVID-19 Lockdown Class Action

Former MP says Labor government will hope settlement can scuttle further actions

A general view of police and Ambulance services at the front of Flemington Public housing flats on July 05, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

The Victorian government is offering $5 million in compensation to end an ongoing class action against it in response to placing nine public housing towers under strict lockdowns in 2020.

Over 3,000 residents across nine public housing towers in North Melbourne and Flemington in Australia were detained—without notice—in their apartments from July 4 to either July 9 or 18 in, 2020.