RADIO: Court ruling raises questions about NSW Covid fines

Date published

18 April 2023

What happens to tens of thousands of COVID-related fines in NSW after a Supreme Court ruling raised questions about their validity?

Samantha Lee in Damien Carrick's ABC Law Report.

Listen to the full broadcast here (18 April, 2023).

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