Ombudsman finds Melbourne’s public housing lockdown breached human rights

The immediate harsh lockdown imposed on about 3000 public housing tower residents in July was a breach of human rights law, the Victorian Ombudsman has found. In a scathing report, Ombudman Deborah Glass has recommended the state government publicly apologise to the residents of the Flemington and North Melbourne public housing estates for the hard … Continue reading Ombudsman finds Melbourne’s public housing lockdown breached human rights