Businesses affected by one of world’s longest Covid lockdowns to receive $125m from Victorian government

Victorian businesses affected by Australia's prolonged 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns will receive AUD $125 million after the state government agreed to settle a class action lawsuit. Retailers had argued in the Supreme Court that the government owed them compensation for economic losses resulting from pandemic restrictions. The settlement resolves one of the most significant legal challenges to pandemic lockdown policies.