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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus

NSW government under pressure to scrap further 29,000 Covid fines after court ruling

Two police officers wearing masks speak to people near a beach
The NSW government has had to cancel 33,000 Covid- era fines worth about $30m. Photograph: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

New South Wales residents wrongly penalised for Covid breaches say it is “crazy” it took a protracted and costly court case to force the state government to back down and withdraw 33,000 invalid fines.

The NSW government was forced on Tuesday to cancel 33,000 fines, worth an estimated $30m, for breaches of Covid-era public health orders after conceding they were too vague.

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