Fines

• Fines for failing to report positive RAT results: unhelpful and will not work

  13th Jan 2022

  Fining people for failing to report a positive COVID-19 test result is an unhelpful and an unnecessarily punitive approach to managing a public health issue, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA).

• Monetary Penalties Enforcement Bill fails to tackle issues of disadvantage & debt

  27th Sep 2020

  The Monetary Penalties Enforcement Amendment Bill 2020 is a missed opportunity to address issues facing Tasmanians experiencing extreme hardship and should not be allowed to pass in its current form, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) in a submission on the Bill which the Attorney-General Elise Archer has released for public comment.

• Lawyers call on WA Government to proclaim unpaid fine legislation urgently

  24th Jun 2020

  The passing of legislation which will prevent fine defaulters in WA from going to prison was long overdue, and the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA) calls on the government to proclaim the legislation as a matter of urgency.

• Fines for South Australian driving offences jump by up to 500%

  22nd Aug 2019

  Danielle Harris discusses the drastic increases in fines for driving offences in South Australia and questions whether the impetus for these changes is to raise revenue to address the budgetary dilemma currently facing the South Australian Government.