New crackdown for Victorians evading Covid fines

Liberty Victoria President Julia Kretzenbacher urged the Victorian government to review the outstanding Covid fines and waive those issued to people in financial hardship.

“We are concerned by the Victorian government’s heavy reliance on law and order measures, including policing and issuing fines, in its Covid response,” Ms Kretzenbacher said. “People in lower socio-economic areas have been found to be twice as likely to be fined as those in areas with a higher income