Nightmare Australia Housing Lockdown Called Breach Of Human Rights A rushed lockdown of nine tower blocks in melbourne, australia, due to an outbreak of coronavirus breached human rights laws, an ombudsman has found. The timing of the lockdown of north melbourne and flemington public housing towers on july 4 was not based on direct health advice and violated victorian human rights laws, an investigation by the victorian ombudsman has found.
A Police Swarm Frantic Calls Then 3 000 People Locked Inside The 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. Coronavirus infections triggered a decision to send police to contain 3000 residents in about nine public housing towers in flemington and north melbourne for almost two weeks earlier this year. The hard lockdown of nine public housing towers in melbourne was "shocking and deeply discriminatory", says a former united nations expert who has scrutinised the victorian government's response. In 2020, after covid 19 cases began emerging in nine high rise public housing towers in inner north melbourne, the victorian government imposed, without notice to residents, an extremely hard lockdown, detaining around 3,000 people in nine public housing towers.
A Police Swarm Frantic Calls Then 3 000 People Locked Inside The The hard lockdown of nine public housing towers in melbourne was "shocking and deeply discriminatory", says a former united nations expert who has scrutinised the victorian government's response. In 2020, after covid 19 cases began emerging in nine high rise public housing towers in inner north melbourne, the victorian government imposed, without notice to residents, an extremely hard lockdown, detaining around 3,000 people in nine public housing towers. A victorian ombudsman's review released in december 2020 found the state government breached human rights laws when it locked down the public housing towers. the investigation found the temporary lockdown, which was lifted at eight of the nine towers within five days, was warranted. Melbourne, australia — the sudden lockdown this summer of nine public housing towers in melbourne that left 3,000 people without adequate food and medication and access to fresh air during the. The victorian ombudsman has found the forced lockdown of melbourne public housing towers during the city’s second wave violated the human rights of up to 3000 residents. Victorian ombudsman deborah glass found the government’s decision to lock down nine public housing towers in north melbourne and flemington with no warning on july 4 violated the human rights of about 3000 tenants and has urged it to apologise. khalid farah was locked down in the tower at 33 alfred street. justin mcmanus.
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