Region’s residents owe almost $50m to State Government in unpaid fines, further $11m owed to Geelong council
The region’s residents owe more than $60 million in unpaid fines to the State Government and City of Greater Geelong combined. See which areas owe the most.
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Almost $50 million in unpaid fines are owed to the State Government by more than 20,000 residents across the region, new figures show.
And, the City of Greater Geelong is also chasing residents for $11.57 million in unpaid fines.
The latest figures from the Department of Justice and Community Safety this week revealed 20,235 people in the G21 region owe the state $48.4 million through 107,893 outstanding fines currently at the enforcement stage.
Residents in the City of Greater Geelong owed the lions share of the fines, with 15,727 ‘defendants’ owing $38.76 million in total, at an average of $2465 owed by each person.
Surf Coast Shire residents owed the next most, with 1814 people being chased to repay $3.78 million at an average of $2084 each.
A total of 1496 Colac Otway Shire residents owed $3.06m at an average of $2047, while 1072 Golden Plains residents owed $2.5 million at an average of $2336.
The Borough Queenscliffe, as the region’s smallest municipality, owed just $284,000 between 126 residents.
A Department of Justice and Community Safety spokesperson warned residents that fines would not just go away.
“Fines do not expire – and all fine debt will continue to be collected and enforced,” the spokesperson said.
“We encourage anyone with an outstanding fine to contact Fines Victoria as there are many flexible options available to help resolve their fine.”
The State Government isn’t the only one chasing Geelong residents for unpaid fines, with $11.57m owed to the City of Greater Geelong at the end of January.
Parking infringements account for a little more than $9m of the fines, followed by $1.66m owed for animal related infringements, $816,655 owed for fire prevention infringements, and about $17,000 owed for health and local laws infringements.
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