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Although there was an increase in fines in 2022-23, it came after meters were turned off and enforcement scaled back multiple times during the prior financial year because of COVID lockdowns.
The council also turned off the meters for roughly two months between February and April 2022 as a recovery measure following the pandemic and the south-east Queensland floods.
Reasonable doubt can include circumstances where the driver has a receipt for attempted parking payment, but did not carry out all the necessary steps to finalise the transaction.
Australian Crime Commission vehicles or those that are used by the state police, fire, and ambulance services are considered to be exempt from parking fines.
This is followed by a referral to the council's disputes commissioner, who can overturn or uphold the decision to issue the fine.
Over the next financial year, the council has projected its parking fine revenue will reach $48.9 million.
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