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Brisbane motorists given almost 170,000 parking fines totalling $30 million in past financial year (www.abc.net.au)

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City standards committee chair, Councillor Kim Marx, said parking meters helped with parking space turn over, which benefited local businesses.

"Our message to motorists is simple; if you don't do the wrong thing, you won't pay a parking fine," she said.

I mean you can't really argue with that, can you?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nearly 50 million a year in revenue. That'll give ~~Gladys~~ Annastasia a nice little pay rise. Maybe she can do a renovation on her sunshine beach holiday home.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why is Gladys stealing Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council revenue?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm tired. Nice catch. Fixed that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's actually mostly (if not entirely) BCC responsible for most parking fines. I only included Queensland Government there as a "just in case" some of them were police-issued infringements. But re-reading the article, I note:

with the city council issuing almost 170,000 parking fines over a 12-month period

So even if there are some police-issued fines, the headline of the article is entirely about money going to BCC's coffers.