Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a harsh new penalty for those breaching coronavirus restrictions.
Anyone caught flouting self-isolation rules now faces a $4957 fine, which Andrews says is “the largest on-the-spot fine for an individual on the statute books of the state of Victoria”. “[For] particularly selfish behaviour, like for instance, going to work when you had the virus”, the maximum penalty is $20,000.
It comes after a series of 3000 random doorknocks, in which almost a third of self-isolators couldn't be located. “[In] more than 800 of those homes, the person who should have been isolating could not be found. That is completely unacceptable,” Andrews said.
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The police already have the right to issue a $1652 on-the-spot fine to anyone caught breaking the law, and a $200 fine to those not wearing a face mask or covering when leaving home.
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