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Vic man fined for fleeing NT quarantine
Northern Territory police have fined a 30-year-old Victorian man more than $5000 after he left his COVID-19 quarantine accommodation in Darwin.
October 20, 2020
A Victorian man has been slapped with a $5000 fine for flouting the Northern Territory’s quarantine rules.
The 30-year-old was permitted to enter the NT to perform essential work on the proviso he isolated for 14-days after arrival.
But the man was not at his Darwin quarantine accommodation when compliance officers dropped by on Monday.
“He was contacted by police and was told to immediately return,” a spokesman said Tuesday.
The man was later tested for COVID-19 and returned a negative result.
Officers issued him with a $5056 fine for breaching his quarantine requirements.
Meanwhile, an 18-year-old man has been fined for failing to wear a mask in the Howard Springs quarantine facility after being repeatedly warned for not doing so.
The infringement penalty for failing to abide by the NT Chief Health Officer’s directions is $25,280 for a business and $5056 for an individual.
NT Police and Environmental Health Officers have conducted 32,955 compliance checks and 152 fines have been issued for breaching COVID-19 health directions.