Documenting so I have a record of this in future:
"The state of disaster declaration will empower the police minister, Lisa Neville, to appoint police as authorised officers. This means when doing spot checks on people’s homes, if the residents did not give permission for them to enter, police will be authorised to enter without a warrant."
" Andrews said the time for warnings had passed and a “much bigger fine” through the courts was being considered as an alternative to on-the-spot fines." [It's already $1652]
"Australia's two biggest states have not disclosed the total amount of revenue they have received from these fines, but the ABC has found more than $5.2 million has been raked in nationwide since pandemic laws came into effect in March this year."
"Since March 21, a total of 193,740 spot checks have been conducted by police across Victoria."
Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/aug/02/victoria-premier-daniel-andrews-stage-four-coronavirus-lockdown-restrictions-melbourne-covid-19
https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/victoria-coronavirus-fines-handed-out-to-124-people-in-24-hours-for-public-health-breaches-c-1208236
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Consider this my version of the "Anne Frank" diaries as we watch the collapse of Victoria/Australia.