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People receiving refunds for paying invalid COVID fines in NSW will also be paid interest on those amounts, following a successful campaign by Maurice Blackburn and Redfern Legal Centre.

A webinar: For public and private tenants who experience domestic violence, there are special provisions in NSW tenancy law.

Instead of repayment of invalid fines, Revenue NSW advises on its website it will reallocate the money to any unpaid fine debt.

The NSW Government will withdraw and repay more than 23,000 COVID fines, following a successful legal campaign by Redfern Legal Centre and Maurice Blackburn Lawyers.

Years of advocacy, community organising, and relentless efforts by renters, housing advocates, and the NSW network of local Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Services paved the way for the passing of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2024.

Since 2016, NSW Police have conducted an average of over 100 strip searches per year at train stations.

Recordings and resources for webinars on fines and penalty notices in NSW.

Today the NSW Supreme Court published its reasons in a test case about COVID-19 fines. The decision clarifies the requirements necessary for a fine to be valid, and calls into disrepute all the remaining 29,017 COVID-19 fines that have not been withdrawn.

This webinar provides a comprehensive overview of the termination process for tenants in both the private market and social/public housing.