Posted on 11/08/2021 8:12:18 AM PST by ransomnote
ransomnote: Facism is pressing our Aussie brothers and sisters hard. Please pray for their protection, strength and victory.
Australians have racked up so many fines for violating the government’s tyrannical Covid-19 vaccine mandates that the state of Queensland is now threatening drastic action against those who haven’t paid, including the loss of their bank accounts, homes, or driver’s licenses.
As reported by Brisbane Times, Queensland, whose capital is Brisbane, has so far issued over 3,046 fines involving “255 individuals and businesses accused of flouting the rules during the coronavirus pandemic.” The fines total an astonishing $5.2 million (£3.8 million).
This is not surprising, however, due to the ridiculous rules that have been implemented. For example, Australians can face fines for being too far from home, outside of their permitted bubble, spending more than one hour outside, being caught without a mask even if you’re by yourself – you still get a ticket. Tickets are being handed out by police roaming the streets as well as at random checkpoints which have been set up on the roads. These checkpoints were allegedly introduced to assist in controlling the Covid pandemic and for contact tracing.
Additionally, those who are returning to Queensland face strict quarantine rules, whereby they are forced into quarantine and must pay hotel costs during the time they are held prisoner.
Vaccine passports were introduced in the form of digital QR codes that are scanned on an individual’s phone. The scans register your physical location, also meaning that the police have an easier time catching out those ‘violating’ Covid rules.
On top of this, the majority of Queenslanders were unemployed for months due to the pandemic, and as a result, the government is stuck with a mountain of unpaid tickets. Only about 56.4 percent of the fines have been or are in the process of being paid; 25.2 percent “were either under investigation or still open to payment without further action being taken.
The State Penalties Enforcement Register (SPER) has stepped up to deal with the remaining fines and is now undertaking ‘active enforcement’ on another 18.4 percent of fines, worth about $1 million (£740,000), which a spokesman said “may include garnishing bank accounts or wages, registering charges over property, or suspending driver licenses,” the paper reported.
This means that if you are caught breaking any covid rules, and either you wouldn’t or couldn’t pay the fine, you could now lose your house, savings, or, driving privileges.
“Queenslanders rightly expect travellers will pay for their hotel quarantine stays and not leave taxpayers to foot the bill,” a Queensland Health spokeswoman told the Times.
With 2,045 significantly overdue hotel invoices (out of 44,350) totalling $5.7 million still unpaid, Queensland is turning to private debt collectors. Curiously, the Queensland Health spokeswoman “would not say how much commission the debt collectors stood to make under the arrangement, claiming it was commercial-in-confidence,” penned the Times.
Ping.
OMG, and at one time I thought Oz looked like a really good place to live.
Shame on the government there.
Why did we think Australia was a paradise? Valiant WW2 soldiers? anything else? Crocodile Dundee?
Seems like a liberal hellhole these days.
In other words, you can be killed. (Taking money, house, driving license condemns a person to poverty and eventual death)
Try to convince me that this was not the original intention of all this covid crap.
The actual Crocodile Dundee was killed by police for owning a gun.
Wonder when the ozzies wake up and figure out killing off the hired thugs enforcing the government mandate and writing tickets is the simplest way to stop the tyranny. If the gov can’t find enough thugs to enforce its will, it’s toothless.
Australia is a trial balloon. This is absolutely what they’re intending to do here and in most other major western economies.
Though it is oppression there are “only” 255 people being dunned. I’ll guarantee that most Aussies are fine with this. I was looking at some Aussie feedback last week and many people want the unvaxxed locked up. This is not the Australia of WWII. It is a craven socialist nanny state that its population loves.
Australia is in stiff competition against Saudi Arabia for the title of “Worlds Largest Open Air Prison”
Time to get a bitcoin wallet and a USB stick
The government there is waging war on the people. They have a moral right to fight back.
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