Fines and infringements

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.