It s a ‘little rich’ for Andrews government to ‘brag about saving lives’17/12/2020|3min
Sky News host Rita Panahi says it is a “little rich” for the Andrews government to brag about saving lives after Victoria’s Ombudsmen recommended the state government apologise amid findings of a human rights breach.
It comes after Ombudsman Deborah Glass found there was a breach in human rights when the Victorian government put nine public housing towers in lockdown on July 4 as a result of spiralling coronavirus cases.
Ms Glass recommended the state government issue an apology to tower residents.
“She has said the government should apologise but she is kidding herself because the Dan Andrews government is a law unto itself,” Ms Panahi said.
The lockdown lasted five days at eight of the nine towers but because of high infection rates, residents at 33 Alfred Street, North Melbourne, were subject to another nine days of isolation â prompting Ms Glassâ investigation.
Khalid Farah, a resident at 33 Alfred Street, said everyone in the towers supported the lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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âIt was the way in which it was handled,â he said.
âWe all deserve to be treated like human beings, regardless of whatever is going on in the world.â
Mr Farah said he wanted an apology but more importantly he wanted the government to bring in legislation so that the same thing would never happen again.