Person
Arie Freiberg
Discussion paper
Rejuvenating financial penalties: using the tax system to collect fines
The current system for imposition and collection of fines in Australia is significantly flawed. Fines are often inappropriately imposed/not imposed, inequitable, have high default rates and are expensive to enforce. This paper suggests an alternative scheme for the enforcement and collection of fines, a Fine Enforcement Collection Scheme (FECS), based on the principles underlying the...