Australia's Queensland Provincial Government Moves To Seize Homes, Bank Accounts, And Other Assets For Unpaid Covid Fines And Other Penalties

The State Penalties Enforcement Register is chasing $5.2m in unpaid Covid-19 fines from individuals and businesses who are accused of flouting rule during the pandemic  

Daily Mail: Thousands of Australians with unpaid fines for breaking Covid rules have their homes seized, bank accounts raided and licences cancelled as government chases $5.2million 

* State Penalties Enforcement Register chasing $5.2m in unpaid Covid-19 fines 

* Queensland Health is using SPER to crackdown on 3,046 unpaid penalty notices 

* 2,755 fines were from individuals & businesses accused of flouting Covid rules 

* SPER also to collect $5.7 million in repayments on overdue hotel quarantine bills 

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. 

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Update #1: Banks raided, property seized, licences cancelled in COVID cost recovery (Brisbane Times)  

Update #2: COVID Madness Down Under Continues – State Now Confiscating Bank Accounts, Property, Licenses and Businesses if COVID Fines Not Paid While Unemployed Workers Locked Down (The Last Refuge) 

WNU Editor: We are talking about a lot of money, and not necessarily from Covid fines .... Queenslanders owe more than a billion dollars in unpaid fines (9News)

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