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A report by researchers at UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Crime, Law and Justice (CCLJ) has condemned the overuse of COVID-19 fines during the NSW Delta wave in 2021.The report was commissioned by Redfern Legal Centre (RLC), the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and The Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS).

Some councils are giving up on paper tickets and instead sending letters up to a month later, giving motorists little chance to appeal.

Data obtained by Redfern Legal Centre, via the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW), reflects a clear bias involved in the way that NSW police officers are applying personal searches.

Police are conducting more than 150,000 body searches annually across NSW, with children and Indigenous people more likely to be stopped and interrogated.

When I was pinged for a nonsensical red light offence and fined $469, it wasn’t about the money, it was about the principle. Well, and the money.

Revenue NSW says the money will be transferred into government’s unclaimed money fund after three weeks of inaction

The NSW government’s “law and order” response to the COVID-19 pandemic led to significant fines on those least able to pay up.

The NSW Government’s ‘law and order’ response to the pandemic created significant fines debt and damaged community-police relations in some of the most disadvantaged parts of the state, according to a new UNSW Law School report. 

A key plank of the NSW government’s COVID-19 response has been torpedoed, with half of the fines issued under emergency orders to be cancelled and demands for the state to rescind the other half.

Solicitor Samantha Lee says the NSW government's decision to withdraw COVID fines leaves a door open for other fines to be challenged.