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

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. A 14-year-old Indigenous boy who was hospitalised with head injuries after an encounter with NSW Police officers in September is fighting to have an upcoming hearing examining the officers’ conduct open to the public.

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

An independent inquiry is underway into allegations of excessive force by New South Wales police during the arrest of an Aboriginal teenager.

A 14-year-old Indigenous boy who was hospitalised with head injuries after an encounter with NSW Police officers in September is fighting to have an upcoming hearing examining the officers’ conduct open to the public.

More than half of the COVID-19 fines issued in New South Wales during the pandemic will be withdrawn after a court battle between a Sydney legal centre and the state government.

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.

Court victory by Redfern Legal Centre prompts government to cancel half of all fines issued for breaching pandemic restrictions. 

Single mother couldn't get her driver's licence back after fine was left unpaid.

More than 33,000 Covid fines will be withdrawn or refunded in Australia's most populous state after a court deemed them invalid.