Posted on 10/28/2021 1:35:16 PM PDT by Mount Athos
Queenslanders who received fines for breaking Covid-19 rules risk having their homes seized and bank accounts frozen in a government crackdown to collect $5.2 million in repayments.
The State Penalties Enforcement Register is expected to collect 3,046 unpaid fines from the pandemic on behalf of Queensland Health.
More than 2,755 fines were from individuals and businesses accused of breaking Covid-19 restrictions and the rest either still under investigation or pending payment.
About 56.4 per cent of fines have already been paid in full or are being paid off on a payment plan.
SPER said enforcement for people who failed to pay their fines 'may include garnishing bank accounts or wages, registering charges over property, or suspending driver licences', according to the Brisbane Times.
The drastic measures would be used to collect 18.4 per cent of outstanding fines, worth a total of $1 million.
Queensland Health also called on SPER to recover more than 2,045 overdue hotel quarantine bills which have racked up a state debt of $5.7 million.
'Queenslanders rightly expect travellers will pay for their hotel quarantine stays and not leave taxpayers to foot the bill,' Queensland Health said.
The commission debt collectors will make from recovering the unpaid fines is not yet known.
Before Queensland required upfront payment for hotel quarantine stays, 44,350 invoices were issued by October 8 with 10.8 per cent of bills outstanding.
Those unable to foot the bill can apply for a waiver but others will be referred to debt collectors.
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The government cares about you. *repeat* All for the greater good...the greater good...the greater good.
Even here. We’ve got the guns but aren’t yet ready to use them.
Going full Bolshevik, now.
This is terrifying.
I’m starting to think that whole Crocodile Dundee thing was a fairy tale.
Well, since he’s now 82 and the Croc trainer, Steve Irwin, is gone...I guess there are no real men to defend.
Maybe this will get their attention.
Thank God for Gun Control
We do not have the advanced items that the military has. There are just MORE gun owners, but the taliban is better equipped.
It would not be due to lack of desire that we would surrender.
In two short years Australia went from a great country to a dystopian hellhole.
I may not right then and there, I’ll leave the rest right there.
"I love the smell of peaceful slavery in the morning!" or whatever Robert Duvall said.
As I have posted numerous times, there are more guns owned by gun owners now than before the restrictions in Australia. The average gun owner has four guns, so it is not a matter of not owning guns in Australia.
Considering what the Australian Government is doing to it Citizens.I see nothing that’s different between it and the Chinese Communist Party.
I think that the U.S. should reconsider any Submarine technology until we see a clear reversal in their behavior toward their citizens.
Also the Australian’s have to be prepared to do what they must to convince their government that their tyrannical behavior cannot continue without serious violent blowback.
Vaxcism … the new fascism.
Hard to believe
BTTT!
15. Coming to a revolution soon, the guide movie “When Boomerangs Attack”!!!
Bingo!
Yes, but they will quickly remind you that they got to keep some of their guns.
Knock wood.
Surprised she didn’t wack both his heads off.
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