Ombudsman slams Labor’s “downright unjust, even inhumane” border permit scheme

The Victorian Ombudsman has condemned the Andrews Labor Government’s border permit system in a scathing report released today. Ombudsman Deborah Glass’s investigation found the “downright unjust, even inhumane” scheme, which was introduced in early 2021 and saw thousands of Victorian citizens indefinitely locked out of their home state, resulted in “some of the most questionable…