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.

“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…