RADIO: ABC Drive Covid Fines Supreme Court Judgment

Date published

6 April 2023

Samantha Lee, Redfern Legal Centre’s police accountability solicitor, speaks on ABC Drive about the recent NSW Supreme Court judgment on covid fines.

Full broadcast available here (6 April, 2023).

Samantha Lee from 1:48:45 to 1:53:00.

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