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NSW government suggestions that children as young as 10 could work off COVID fines have been described as “outrageous” and could be in breach of Australia’s obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child.

COVID fines issued to children could breach Australia’s obligations under international law, says UNSW Law academic.

More than 3800 children aged between 10-17 were issued fines of up to $5000 for breaching COVID-19 restrictions.

Children in the western Sydney suburbs of Blacktown, Parramatta and Liverpool were the most likely to be fined for breaching COVID-19 rules, receiving multitudes more infringements than comparable centres around the city.

As NSW continues to emerge from the pandemic, and the Government focuses on a return to “business as usual”, thousands of people across the state are still saddled with debt from fines.

Hundreds of kids have had to work off their COVID-related fines, after ongoing criticism of the penalties being issued by NSW Police in the first place.

Police have slapped NSW children with nearly 4000 fines for breaching COVID-19 rules during the pandemic, hundreds of which are being “worked off” through community work or mentoring and counselling programs.

Hundreds of musical festival patrons have joined a landmark class action against NSW police.

More than 3800 children in New South Wales have been fined by police for breaking Covid-19 rules as hundreds pay off fines through unpaid community work.

Music festival-goers who claim they were illegally strip searched by NSW police are suing the state government for damages, with the then 27-year-old lead plaintiff claiming an officer inspected her genitalia and that a male police officer entered the cubicle while she was naked from the waist down.