Citing public interest immunity, Homes Victoria has won a bid for Cabinet documents to be kept confidential in a class action levelled by public housing tenants.
Homes Victoria says the decision to demolish public housing towers in Melbourne — now the subject of a class action — took residents’ human rights into account, but has no documents to show it.
Homes Victoria’s claim that there are no documents recording its reasons for deciding to demolish and redevelop two public housing towers that housed 1,200 people left a judge “startled”.
A class action over the Victorian governmentâs decision to retire Melbourneâs high rise public housing towers has agreed to drop claims against the state of Victoria and the minister for housing after a judge threw out the claims but allowed the class action to replead.
A judge has granted the Victorian governmentâs bid to dismiss a class action over its decision to retire Melbourneâs high-rise public housing towers, but allowed the applicant to recast his claim, despite protests from the state.Â
A judge hearing the Victorian government’s bid to knock out a class action over its decision to retire Melbourneâs high-rise public housing towers has questioned the state’s submission that the decision had âno effectâ on the rights of tenants.
IBAC has been vindicated by the High Court in a ruling that found Victoria’s anti-corruption agency had largely complied with its obligations to provide a public body and a senior officer with a reasonable opportunity to respond to adverse material in an investigation over unauthorised email access.