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Redfern Legal Centre test case finds COVID-19 fines invalid – what does this mean for me?

Revenue NSW has conceded that many COVID-19 fines are invalid. But what does that mean for the rest of the community who may have received or paid fines?

30 November 2022

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Media Release: State Concedes Covid Fines Are Invalid

NSW Supreme Court the State of New South Wales conceded that the COVID-19 fines issued to the three plaintiffs are invalid and fail to meet the legal requirements under the Fines Act (NSW).

29 November 2022

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Fines commissioner concedes that COVID fines in Supreme Court test case are invalid

The NSW government has conceded that two COVID-19 fines being challenged in a Supreme Court test case are invalid, opening the door for more than 30,000 other people to have fines worth $30 million cancelled.

29 November 2022

RLC in the media

Police Assault on Lim Raises Questions About the Enforcement of Law in NSW

Sydney is aghast over the assault perpetrated upon nonviolent elderly protester Danny Lim by two police officers on Tuesday.

25 November 2022

RLC in the media

Danny Lim’s bloody face makes us recoil yet again at police use of force

The heavy force used against the 78-year-old has disturbed many, and on Wednesday about 100 people protested outside Surry Hills police station, calling for the officers involved to be suspended and for an independent investigation.

24 November 2022

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COVID-19 Fines Test Case to be Heard Next Week

NSW Supreme Court to Hear COVID-19 Fines Test Case

24 November 2022

RLC in the media

Dobbing became ‘Australia’s favourite pastime’ during Covid

From “illegal” birthday parties to suspicious fast-food orders, Aussies picked up a very unusual pastime during the Covid pandemic.

21 November 2022

RLC in the media

Pain in Paradise

In 2018, Byron Bay police struck a teenager 18 times with a baton. Five years later courts are still deciding, was it “reasonable”?

21 November 2022

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COVID fines are exacerbating financial disadvantage

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) is calling on the NSW Government to put an immediate stay on enforcement orders issued to people who have not yet paid their COVID-19 fines.

20 October 2022

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RLC in the media

Officer Charged with Fabricating Evidence, But His Victim Explains that Coverups Run Deep

LECC announced that the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions has laid charges against police officer over the fraud allegations involving fabricating evidence

7 October 2022

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Redfern Legal Centre test case finds COVID-19 fines invalid – what does this mean for me?

Media Release: State Concedes Covid Fines Are Invalid

Fines commissioner concedes that COVID fines in Supreme Court test case are invalid

Police Assault on Lim Raises Questions About the Enforcement of Law in NSW

Danny Lim’s bloody face makes us recoil yet again at police use of force

COVID-19 Fines Test Case to be Heard Next Week

Dobbing became ‘Australia’s favourite pastime’ during Covid

Pain in Paradise

COVID fines are exacerbating financial disadvantage

Officer Charged with Fabricating Evidence, But His Victim Explains that Coverups Run Deep

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