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The Melbourne nursing home where 50 residents died of COVID-19 has not paid rent in years and qualified for millions in JobKeeper as it battles to stay afloat.
Senior managers of the St Basil's nursing home owned and run by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese will be forced to give evidence in a coronial inquest after losing an appeal in Victoria's highest court.
St Basil's chairman Kon Kontis must testify at the inquest into COVID deaths at the aged care home.
Dr Ian Norton was called to give evidence to the St Basil’s inquest as an expert witness, but government lawyers stopped him from testifying.
The pair argued that giving evidence to the inquest about the deadly St Basil’s COVID-19 outbreak could incriminate them in other court matters. But the Supreme Court has compelled them to testify.