Greater Dandenong and Brimbank were highest, accounting for 5.6% and 4.59% of all fines.
The report graphed the total number of fines issued with the number of daily reported cases of Covid-19 and found the volume roughly aligned with the case numbers over the course of 2020.
The report recommends Fines Victoria consider publishing its review of the fines process, and Victoria police consider releasing de-identified demographic data on Covid-19 enforcement to provide more data on which groups received more fines.
The report also found the lockdown of nine public housing towers in early July at the start of the state’s second wave left residents feeling “scared, powerless and criminalised” due to the use of police to enforce the lockdown, and noted the lack of communication with the residents prior to the lockdown.
It was followed by another 110,000 tonnes scheduled for export to China last month.
The 600,000 tonne shipment - worth A$248 million, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics data - was booked last September, before China flagged subjecting Australian wheat to closer inspections.
Indonesia and Vietnam each imported 265,000 tonnes of Australian wheat in December.
GrainCorp, the major grain handler in New South Wales, has reported a huge increase in wheat receivals. The company took 8.4 million tonnes as of mid-January, compared with only 500,000 tonnes at the same time last year.
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Australian grain farmers are set for a bumper harvest this year.(Getty)
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ABS data confirms a city exodus during COVID, with biggest internal migration loss on record
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Ellie Bonnett left Melbourne for regional Victoria during COVID and is now travelling further interstate.
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It s official. Australia s capital cities really have been losing people in record numbers during COVID. But will tree changers stay put in the country, or flock back to the big smoke?
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ABS data shows Australia s capital cities had a net loss of 11,200 people in the September quarter
That was the largest quarterly net loss on record
The quarter coincided with the end of Australia s first COVID lockdown