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ARTICLE · 09 JANUARY 2023

COVID fines found invalid in NSW

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The New South Wales government cancelled around 33,000 COVID-19 related fines after conceding that they were too vague.

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The New South Wales government has cancelled around 33,000 COVID-19 related fines after conceding that they were too vague.

The fines amounted to roughly $30 million and relate to the public health orders in place at the time.

Revenue NSW has confirmed that the fines have been cancelled, which total nearly half the fines issued by police during pandemic-related restrictions in 2020 and 2021.

A spokesperson for Revenue NSW confirmed that impacted fines which have already been paid would be totally refunded.

The fines were forced to be withdrawn, after government lawyers conceded that two 'test' cases initiated by the Redfern Legal Centre, did not provide sufficient detail about the offence.

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