Lawyers call on NSW premier to urgently review thousands of Covid fines
Law Society argues many fines issued to vulnerable residents are invalid, unfair and could trap disadvantaged people in debt
The Law Society of New South Wales has called on the premier, Dominic Perrottet, to urgently" review thousands of Covid fines issued to the state's most vulnerable, warning many were invalid, unfair, and have caused the disadvantaged to amass debt they are unable to pay".
Earlier this year, the Guardian revealed that small towns with high Indigenous populations and western Sydney suburbs home to the city's most socioeconomically disadvantaged residents bore the brunt of Covid fines during the ramp-up in enforcement in the Delta outbreak.
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