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Almost 4,000 children were hit with Covid fines of up to $5,000 - and now hundreds are WORKING OFF their debt to the state

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.

25 July 2022

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Hundreds of NSW children paid off COVID-19 fines through ‘work orders’

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.

25 July 2022

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Group class action against police

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

25 July 2022

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Sitting in a park, riding a bike: Covid fines in NSW riddled with problems, legal centres say Primary tabs

Marginalised and disadvantaged groups bore the brunt of the state’s lockdown fines, according to community legal centres.

24 July 2022

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Hundreds join class action against NSW Police strip searches at music festivals

Redfern Legal Centre and law firm Slater and Gordon filed a statement of claim for the class action in the NSW Supreme Court on Friday, on behalf of several hundred people seeking damages from the state.

23 July 2022

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Music festival patrons launch class action against NSW police alleging unlawful strip-searches

Plaintiffs allege children ordered to strip and squat and women told to remove tampons at festivals including Splendour in the Grass

22 July 2022

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Landmark NSW Strip Search Class Action filed

RLC and Slater and Gordon Lawyers have issued a class action proceeding for people who have been unlawfully searched by NSW Police at all music festivals in NSW since 22 July 2016.

22 July 2022

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Recipient of COVID fine tells of confusion as he challenges ticket in court

With rapidly changing legislation during NSW’s 2021 Covid lockdown, business owners like Sonny Barkho became another digit within the 25,000 people who received COVID-related tickets during the month of August.

22 July 2022

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Class action filed against the state over police strip searches at NSW music festivals

A class action has been filed by Redfern Legal Centre and Slater and Gordon Lawyers against the state of NSW on behalf of people who have been invasively and unlawfully searched by police at music festivals over the past six years.

22 July 2022

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Festivalgoers launch class action against state of NSW alleging unlawful strip-searches by police

A statement of claim filed in the NSW Supreme Court is seeking damages and to ensure "this traumatising police practice becomes the exception, not the rule".

22 July 2022

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Almost 4,000 children were hit with Covid fines of up to $5,000 - and now hundreds are WORKING OFF their debt to the state

Hundreds of NSW children paid off COVID-19 fines through ‘work orders’

Group class action against police

Sitting in a park, riding a bike: Covid fines in NSW riddled with problems, legal centres say Primary tabs

Hundreds join class action against NSW Police strip searches at music festivals

Music festival patrons launch class action against NSW police alleging unlawful strip-searches

Landmark NSW Strip Search Class Action filed

Recipient of COVID fine tells of confusion as he challenges ticket in court

Class action filed against the state over police strip searches at NSW music festivals

Festivalgoers launch class action against state of NSW alleging unlawful strip-searches by police

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