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Police officers who issued fines for breaches of COVID-19 restrictions have been instructed to hand out cautions for unpaid infringements rather than proceed with charges in a move that the Police Association warns could undermine future enforcement of public health orders.
More than 19,000 penalty notices were issued for breaches of chief health officer orders by October last year. The new direction would mean all but the most egregious offenders will avoid paying.
A man is issued a fine on August 9, in Melbourne.
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Premier Daniel Andrews insisted in October that rule-breakers must pay fines, warning there was too much at stake and we will come after you if you don t .
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Bandesh celebrating his birthday with refugee rights advocate Craig Foster and his friends after his release. (Photo: Twitter/Farhad Bandesh)
ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – Farhad Bandesh, 40, a Kurdish musician and artist from Iranian Kurdistan’s Ilam province, was released last Friday by Australian authorities after spending seven and half years in detention.
Last Friday, Bandesh was released from immigration detention and was met by friends, including refugee advocate and former retired Australian soccer player Craig Foster and celebrated his birthday.
“After seven and a half years in detention – on Manus Island, in Preston’s Mantra Hotel and finally Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) – Mr Bandesh became a free man on his 40th birthday,” The Sydney Morning Herald reported.