... because they werent fines they were blackmail attempts. cant give you NSWs laws but unless parliament passes a law to add fines for covid into law, then they are not lawful, and therefore blackmail attempts. (unless you pay the fine, in which case it is no longer 'attempted' blackmail but blackmail in fact.) victoria states in parliamentary law that victorians have the right to freely travel around the state (5km radius illegal) peacefully protest, gather in groups, and choose and refuse their medical treatments. if state law says 'you can not' then a mandate from one person cannot say 'you must' - in vic *all* the covid fines were thrown out last year as being issued 'in error' - no, they were issued correctly, with full knowledge and intent, they just werent fines, as ive just demonstrated, they were blackmail attempts.