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Ombudsman’s report into Melbourne’s public housing towers lockdown provokes mixed response, not all agree apology is needed
Confusion reigned in the initial days after Victoria’s government moved to lock down nine public housing towers in Melbourne’s inner north-west earlier this year.
Key points:
- Victoria’s ombudsman says residents of nine housing towers deserve an apology for July’s lockdown
- Some residents say the sudden lockdown in July was “inhumane and degrading”
- But others say an apology isn’t needed because authorities did the right thing by protecting residents
“We, the community leaders, hadn’t been contacted and hadn’t been consulted,” recalled Saaed Ali, youth engagement director for Muslim social services agency AMSSA Youth Connect.
“That resulted in a lot of miscommunication and misunderstanding in the first two days which resulted in people not…
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