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The case centred on the technical basis the notices did not provide a sufficiently detailed description of the offence committed and were therefore invalid.
The eastern Australian state of New South Wales on Tuesday scrapped 33,000 fines issued for breaking COVID-19 measures, reported DW,...
The state government should have reacted immediately once it knew it was in the wrong rather than drag out proceedings.
While the result of a successful legal challenge to Covid fines in NSW does not automatically impact other jurisdictions, penalties worth tens of millions of dollars could be contested nationwide.
The ruling invalidated at least two penalty notices, causing the withdrawal of about 33,000 fines