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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.

In short: The NSW government will withdraw and repay more than 23,000 fines issued during the COVID-19 pandemic. The government says the notices contained insufficient details about the offence they committed. What's next? Revenue NSW will reach out to all affected individuals and refund them for the fines.

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

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

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.

Almost half of strip-searches conducted by NSW police are in western Sydney as a coalition of justice and health organisations urges the state government to outlaw such searches of young people due to their traumatic impact.

A panel of experts and individuals with lived experience examine the complexities and challenges of responding to mental health emergencies, as well as alternatives to routinely sending police to engage with people in crisis.

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.