Fines and people who do not have Australian citizenship

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For people who do not have Australian citizenship, particularly asylum seekers, the implications of incurring fines can be more severe because the fines can have an impact on their migration status.

For detailed information about how infringements can impact a person’s migration status, see the fact sheet, ‘Migration law impacts of infringements and minor criminal matters for non-citizen clients’ at www.westjustice.org.au/cms_uploads/docs/2020-06-01-migration-implications-for-infringements-fact-sheet_fines-reform-updates_final.pdf. Note that this fact sheet is current as at June 2020.

Fines and people who do not have Australian citizenship

Chapter: 3.1: Fines and infringements

Contributor: Shifrah Blustein, Managing Lawyer, Inner Melbourne Community Legal; Hannah Lewis, Manager Homeless Law, Justice Connect; and Candice Parr, Deputy Managing Lawyer Economic and Social Rights, Victoria Legal Aid

Current as of: 20 September 2024

Law Handbook Page: 117

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