Melbourne public housing towers demolition to go ahead despite residents’ class action
Exclusive: Lawyer says move by state government shows residents being treated ‘as an afterthought’
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The Victorian government is forging ahead with plans to demolish three public housing towers subject to a class action seeking to stop the redevelopment.
The move was described by a lawyer for residents as an example of them being “treated as an afterthought”, after the supreme court ordered the class action could proceed to a two-day trial this month.
Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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