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Victorian Labor Govt Wants Judge to Dismiss Lockdown Class Action Claims
The Victorian Labor government has asked a judge to dismiss legal claims of economic loss and mental injury by individuals and businesses who were impacted during the state’s second wave, describing the claims as “futile.”
The class actions, which workers and businesses have brought, claim that the state’s handling of hotel quarantine, which allowed the CCP virus to leak into the community, was negligent and caused foreseeable loss.
The claims, however, do not argue that restrictions should not have been imposed.
In the worker class action, the lead plaintiff, Jordan Roberts, who was made redundant from his job in Tullamarine on Aug. 14, 2020, during Victoria’s stage four restrictions, is filing a lawsuit against the state for economic loss and psychiatric injury.
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Hotel Quarantine in Victoria: third time lucky?
Image: The Holiday Inn quarantine hotel in Melbourne’s CBD. Image first published on The Conversation, source Erik Anderson/AAP
As international travellers return to Melbourne, will it be third time lucky for Victoria’s controversial hotel quarantine system? Mike Toole writes in The Conversation.
International flights into Melbourne are set to resume today. Arrivals will be capped at 800 people in the first week, before increasing to 1,120 from April 15.
This marks the third time a hotel quarantine system has been launched in Victoria. After a series of mishaps, is this revamped version finally up to scratch?