Hundreds of NSW children paid off COVID-19 fines through ‘work orders’ | michaelkoziol
for minors and replace them with cautions.
“I think it is encouraging these agencies to just write out fines without really thinking about the consequences or being accountable,” she said. “It seems that issuing a penalty notice is a first resort. Why are kids not entitled to a caution for these kinds of offences?” The same data shows that between July 1, 2021 and June 4, 2022, police issued minors with 3579 COVID fines and issued 2672 warnings under the Young Offenders Act - and 113 formal cautions.
“They [WDOs] sound like a good solution. But a lot of these kids are from low socio-economic areas and most likely quite vulnerable. It requires compliance. They have to turn up at a certain time, at a certain place. It’s just not suitable for a lot of kids whose lives may be a little bit more fragile.”
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