A cafe owner who says she fears she will lose her home because her business has been left struggling under Melbourne's strict lockdown measures has launched legal action in Victoria's Supreme Court, challenging the city's contentious curfew.
Ms Loielo said since the tough new measures were instituted, her business, which once turned over up to $20,000 a week, had been whittled away.On her business website, Ms Loielo last month said she was "taking a crack" at preselection for the 2022 state election as the Liberal candidate for Nepean, to be a voice for local businesses.The Frankston South woman said the curfew had made her feel helpless.
They claim that the curfew is not "reasonably proportionate" and that public health officials behind the lockdown failed to take into account the "social and psychological impact" of the measure and their client's human rights.Ms Loielo is being represented by a team led by Marcus Clarke QC, who was reported to have given expert advice to Victoria's Opposition over the legality of the Government's attempts to extend its emergency powers.
"Having to home school my children, attend to running the restaurant and being prevented from seeing family and friends has placed me under significant strain to a degree that I struggle to put into words," she said.
She's suing Victorians, her hoped for constituents, with her ludicrous claim.
If this person was seeking ALP preselection, does anyone think the ABC would have highlighted that in their story. Not a chance.
Anyone who lends a vote to this person toward running for public office has scant regard for their fellow citizens as does this twit !!!
Michelle 'finds it difficult to home school her children', how will you handle sitting with the State Liberal Party if you get preselection?
Who’s bankrolling this?
More people should together sue the rogue Victoria government for declaring pseudo health emergency and enforcing draconian rules that violate human rights based on false pretenses! That will put the DicDan's tyrants in their proper place and give them a dose of reality!
Liberal Party plant makes noise and is supported by Liberal Lawyer.
Going into politics for your own profit, he'll fit right into the liberal party.
enuf cash for a lawsuit?
Politically motivated
Dan Andrews needs to compensate for every business that goes under. His lockdowns due to his negligence is killing businesses
Hey ABC your thumbnail is wrong, here fixed it for you.
Politicics once again, getting in the way of managing this pandemic.
Got enough cash for a lawsuit I see
I reckon if HonTonyAbbott ran for Melbourne premier he'd win in a land slide. Dan Andrews prove that he's a Chinese puppet using their CCP brutal police tactics.
Now... I'm curious... someone follow the funding of the QC's....
Why is Tamara wearing camouflage tonight?
The people attacking this woman in defence of the curfew are one eyed looneys. If there is nothing wrong legally, then she will lose.
mark_perry309 A LiberalVictoria stooge who sought pre-selection....whoknew 🙄
If you’re earning over $2m pa.. ($40k weekly).. it’s a matter of mismanaging your own funds... and here’s another business to add to the banned list!
Good on her!!!
her entitlement is invalid loool my mansion vs health of my (hopefully now non-returning) customers only took a pandemic for the true colors of the entitled to shine brightly has she not learned to rort JobKeeper like the other alleged ~6250 businesses?
Obviously a tax write-off.😇
theage here some facts to go with your story slpng_giants_oz
Lmao, they can say goodbye to a wad of cash, and hello to the embers of her political career before it started
The lockdown and curfew seem to be working. Don’t throw it away to soon.
Good luck to her I suppose.... 🤣
Well maybe MichelleLoielo should ask the people dying on their deathbed from Covid19? I mean if she is really hurt from the whole ordeal, then listening to a dying person might show her what a soulless witch she really is?
Lmao she makes over $1 million a year and she's crying about losing her house? GTFO
how is the curfew specifically the issue for her business? her law suit against the Vic Gov will wipe out any chance of recovery for her cafe purely from people refusing to support her, like the backlash Jim’s Mowing is experiencing.
I wouldn't go to her crappy cafe. IStandWithDan
Deirdre Chambers.
I’d vote for her. Boot DictatorDan
A true Lib, only in it for themselves.
Really not sure about the value of a curfew - does Coronavirus spread more readily in the dark?
Liberals so helpful
He seems a perfect fit ... entitled FW!