Authorities are pleading with Victorians to follow the rules as they chalked up more than $1 million in fines since the second coronavirus lockdown.
By Thursday morning – just over a week since stage three restrictions were reimposed on metropolitan Melbourne and the Mitchell Shire – police had issued 611 fines totalling at least $1.01 million to people breaching the chief health officer’s directions.
Multiple others were also found congregating in public and private spaces to catch up with friends or drink alcohol.Source:News Corp Australia “Victoria Police are out there in force, doing the work that needs to be done to make sure that people are complying with these rules, to make sure that everyone is playing their part, large and small, in our efforts to defeat this virus.”
Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Rick Nugent said the ongoing parties and gatherings were concerning.
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