PHOTO: Six western plains towns were among the most-fined communities in NSW during COVID restrictions.
The NSW Supreme Court has made it official – most fines handed out for breaches of COVID regulations are invalid, unlawful, and must be canceled.
Communities across the Western Plains App were hit hard in the lead up to and during peak infection times across the 2021-22 period.
Walgett and Brewarrina had the highest rate of fines across the state, with Warren, Gilgandra and Bourke residents also featuring amongst the top 10 most penalised for Covid offences suburbs in the state. Brewarrina had five in 100 residents fined.
Coonamble’s fine rate trailed only Walgett and Brewarrina on a per-population basis as the most fined local government areas (LGAs) across all of NSW…