The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to bite, with the Victorian government and its taxpayers the latest to feel the ongoing pain.
The state government has agreed to settle a class action related to the long-running COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
The settlement is compensation of $125 million.
It was estimated if the government was to fight this case it would have cost $40 million in legal fees.
A group of 16,000 Victorian businesses signed up a class action against the government, stating the government hotel quarantine program and the lockdowns that followed caused them significant economic stress.
The state lockdown following the hotel quarantine lasted 112 days.
