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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

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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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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

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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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Domestic Violence Group Warns Proposed Coercive Control Laws Could Escalate Abuse

Organisations across NSW call for the NSW Government's Crimes Legislation Amendment (Coercive Control) Bill 2022 to be reviewed.

7 November 2022

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NSW needs to address coercive control, but this rushed law is not the way to do it

This criminal offence could end up retraumatising victim survivors and criminalising people who are most in need of protection, say RLC's Gayatri Nair.

3 November 2022

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Concerns raised about Coercive Control Bill

Domestic and family violence advocates have raised concerns about the lack of consultation around the criminalisation of coercive control.

13 October 2022

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Buy now, pay later failing family violence victims

Buy Now Pay Later industry regulations needs to be strengthened, domestic violence advocates say.

12 October 2022

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NSW government rushes to pass coercive control bill despite opposition from domestic violence advocates

The NSW government says it is matter of life and death that coercive control is criminalised this year and it doesn't want concerns from domestic violence advocates to cause delays.

12 October 2022

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Rosie Batty voices concerns with proposed NSW coercive control laws

Attorney general says bill, which will create a separate offence, could be ‘difference between life and death’.

12 October 2022

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

Media Release: State Concedes Covid Fines Are Invalid

Dobbing became ‘Australia’s favourite pastime’ during Covid

Pain in Paradise

Domestic Violence Group Warns Proposed Coercive Control Laws Could Escalate Abuse

NSW needs to address coercive control, but this rushed law is not the way to do it

Concerns raised about Coercive Control Bill

Buy now, pay later failing family violence victims

NSW government rushes to pass coercive control bill despite opposition from domestic violence advocates

Rosie Batty voices concerns with proposed NSW coercive control laws

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