Meter madness mounts as drivers hit by increase in parking fines

Donna Page
Updated July 29 2017 - 10:41pm, first published 8:00am
HIP POCKET: Office of State Revenue data shows Newcastle City Council inspectors handed out an average of 50 tickets a week, the most in the Hunter Region. The number of tickets issued in Newcastle was 10 times the number issued in Lake Macquarie.
HIP POCKET: Office of State Revenue data shows Newcastle City Council inspectors handed out an average of 50 tickets a week, the most in the Hunter Region. The number of tickets issued in Newcastle was 10 times the number issued in Lake Macquarie.

HUNTER motorists are being slugged almost $17,000 a day in parking fines - not including those issued by police - with authorities insisting they are motivated by the public good, not revenue raising.

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Donna Page

Donna Page

Investigative journalist at the Newcastle Herald

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