This would be my moment.
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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They may not have guns but let’s hope they still have antique book stores that have old school books with recipes for tarring and feathering.
Surprised naturalman1975 isn’t here defending Aussie fascism.
And we certainly do not have the high crime rates in the major cities with criminals released with no bail nor free goods at stores to be taken by shoplifters with no penalties.
I could go on, but while we definitely have our problems here, from our standpoint things are much worse in the USA. I mean the USA still has over 400 citizens stranded in Afghanistan after that cowardly pullout. That move has hurt the USA's reputation more than anything I can think. So you and I are probably on the same page, disgusted at some of things happening in our own countries.
I hope they maxed out with 2nd mortgages before the property was seized.
It was....for the city folk. Most of Australians live in the big cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. The people in the big cities are much like those in the USA. Melbourne is much like San Francisco/Seattle/NYC in being controlled by far left greenies. Once you get out of the big cities, is it still the same old Oz and very conservative.
See post 31.
Basically that’s all they’ll have and then when the Chinese attack what’ll they use.
When it gets to that point, anything goes. Just saying… 😉
But you do you
“Revolution time” says ‘George from New England’. LOL
I’m from New England and now live smack dab in the middle of flyover country. Your time for freedom has passed and you did not revolt. You didn’t even leave.
And Biden isn’t a fascist? At least our Federal Government isn’t fascist like the USA. How can Americans allow the federal police to investigate and harass parents speaking at school board meetings? You have 100,000’s of illegal people coming into the USA in just a few months, and where is your outrage and protests by Americans at the boarder? Your crime murder rate is rising and you have leftist DA’s put in by Soros in the big cities. When you get you fascist government under control in the USA, than you can start working on Australia.
This would be my moment.
This is a job for Mr. Inbetween. He still has all of his guns.
Well, bless your heart.
It still amazes me that anyone can point fingers at Australians. All these past years of boasting “we have our guns”, while we slide off the cliff into socialist oblivion. So many waiting for that mythical cavalry who will ride in to save us.
We can remedy it every 2 and 4 years while it never stops there.
I don’t actually give a damn about your penal colony.
Don’t give a crap about other states. Enjoy your Chinese overlords.
Ya say ya want a revolution, well ya know
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