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Outdated said:
Typical Sydney, it rips everyone off. More than twice the price for less than half the value and genuine corruption thrown in for good measure. The fine really is only $20, so I don't know who's extortion fees you were also paying.

Non-voters
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It wasn't for me.
This was for a state election.

The Fine for Not Voting in NSW​


Section 259 of the Electoral Act 2017 states that if you do not vote in a local or state election in NSW, you will receive an apparent failure to vote notice.


This notice can be responded to in the same ways as its federal equivalent. If you did vote, you can provide the details of your vote at the NSW Electoral Commission website. Alternatively, you can attempt to provide a valid and sufficient reason for failing to vote.


You can also choose to immediately pay the fine, which is $55 in NSW. If you do not reply to the notice within 28 days, the matter will be referred to Revenue NSW and an additional fee of $65 will apply.


Finally, you can apply to have the matter heard in court. A court may impose a fine of $110 for the offence of failing to vote, plus court costs.
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The Fine for Not Voting and the Penalty for Not Enrolling to Vote in Australia - LY Lawyers
 
Jonn said:
It wasn't for me.
This was for a state election.
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I've only ever seen a $20 fine, Vic, SA and NT. Victoria was funny, I was on a blinder with mates and simply forgot that there was an election. I got a fine in the mail, but they also phoned me to chase up the fine before it was even due. I told them I didn't understand it because I did vote. They appoligised for the error and scrapped my fine.
 
Outdated said:
I've only ever seen a $20 fine, Vic, SA and NT. Victoria was funny, I was on a blinder with mates and simply forgot that there was an election. I got a fine in the mail, but they also phoned me to chase up the fine before it was even due. I told them I didn't understand it because I did vote. They appoligised for the error and scrapped my fine.
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This could be council corruption.

I was given at least one fraudulent parking ticket.
With the last one, I asked for photo evidence.
It was a completely different car. 😡
 
@ Outdated
I didn't have to pay that time, but it makes me wonder if this has been done to me before.
I strongly suspect it was done to my sister, also.
 
Jonn said:
@ Outdated
I didn't have to pay that time, but it makes me wonder if this has been done to me before.
I strongly suspect it was done to my sister, also.
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When I was living in the bush a local got a speeding fine, but he only ever went to the city once a month and the dates on the fine were wrong. He showed the fine to me and I instantly declared it a fake, because of the value of the fine - $628.37. No fines have stupid numbers like that here, they're always rounded numbers, $630 would be believable but not that other stupid number. It was probably some idiot foreigner that has thought of a number and then converted it to Au currency.

This bloke wasn't sure though, it looked like a real fine complete with a picture of his car and him driving it on the Cox Peninsula Road. I told him to phone the traffic fines recovery unit to check, there were no fines recorded against either his name or his registration number. The fines recovery unit told him it was a regular scam doing the rounds, then our friend asked about the photo, where did that come from? The fines recovery unit told him they were currently investigating a uniformed officer over that.
 
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