Nakari Thorpe reports for The ABC
It all started in the New South Wales Supreme Court with two test cases which within a matter of hours prompted a decision by the state's revenue agency to cancel more than 33,000 fines — amounting to about $10 million.
Justice Dina Yehia concluded both cases did not meet the requirements under the Fines Act, finding the infringements did not have sufficient wording of the offence committed and were therefore invalid.
The Redfern Legal Centre, who represented the three test cases at the New South Wales Supreme Court, said the majority of fines had been issued in lower-socio economic areas and to First Nations people.
Read the full article here (30 November 2022).
