Posted on 11/29/2022 7:04:50 AM PST by george76
Two Sydneysiders challenged fines for Covid Public Health Order breaches.
Case was run by Redfern Legal Centre in New South Wales Supreme Court.
Hearing did not go ahead when the government conceded fines were invalid.
Commissioner of Fines Administration then withdrew 33,121 penalty notices .
Thousands more such fines across NSW could now be found to be invalid.
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More than 33,000 people who were fined for Covid breaches will get refunds after two Sydneysiders won a landmark test case and the NSW government admitted the fines were invalid.
NSW Revenue's Commissioner of Fines Administration Scott Johnson said on Tuesday afternoon he would withdraw all fines issued under two legal provisions during the pandemic.
All of those who paid fines for 'fail to comply with noticed direction in relation to section 7/8/9 - Covid-19 - Individual' and 'fail to comply with noticed direction in relation to section 7/8/9 - Covid-19 - company', will get refunds.
A total of 33,121 fines will be withdrawn after the Supreme Court test case - more than half of the 62,138 penalty notices issued in NSW during the pandemic.
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barrister David Kell SC for the Commissioner of Fines Administration and Commissioner of Police told the court the penalty notices would no longer be enforced.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Refunds? How about refunds AND damages?
Yeah! “Fines withdrawn” Oopsie, you already paid it! Too bad, so sad.
More than 33,000 people who were fined for Covid breaches will get refunds after two Sydneysiders won a landmark test case and the NSW government admitted the fines were invalid.
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It is good they are repaid, but those in power who were more than willing to put a boot on the neck of the public, get no punishment. Minimally, the money should be taken out of their hide and not the taxpayers.
They committed tens of thousands of acts of Criminal Fraud and Extortion... We will give you a refund??
They should be up for the Death Penalty for this
Adverse effects from the mandated clot shots included : death, job losses, covid camps for innocent citizens, small businesses closures during the lock downs, myocarditis, pericarditis, blood clots, strokes, cancer, and
Many mom and pop restaurants , small businesses, and .. went broke .. as corporate giants got richer .
Justice! 👍
They should have to walk from Melbourne to Darwin in a straight line.
The Dictators should also be charged with something and locked up in their COVID Camps they built wasting more taxpayer money
Which is why the gov't should have to cover all damages related to the public's changes in behavior due to the fines and police activity, not just refund fines.
Sunbaking?
Now the lawsuits should come.
“They should have to walk from Melbourne to Darwin in a straight line.”
With everyone they ripped off lining the roads to take a free whack at them as they pass by.
Politicians a their JBTs rarely have to answer for their misdeeds.
“I had my constitutional rights violated and my business destroyed, and all I got was this lousy refund”
Remember. It took willing, powerful, and armed cops to enforce these rules.
Yep, the Enforcers need a good Ass Whooping. Physically beat enough of them and just maybe the rest will get a clue. Too bad Aussies gave up their guns so easily.
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