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Former NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller's COVID quarantine gymnastics may have left the newly minted PwC partner personally liable for the refund of COVID quarantine fees - Police Commissioners cannot have others pay their costs

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 by Ganesh Sahathevan                                                    It has been previously revealed on this blog that former NSW  Police Commissioner Mick Fuller may have breached the law with his demand for quarantine fees (see story below).. However,  having taken responsibility for ordering overseas arrivals into quarantine, Fuller then seems to have taken it upon himself to have the  Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) provide health services to the persons held in quarantine. Readers will recall that Revenue NSW issued orders for payment (pretending to be invoices) on behalf of the SLHD  to persons who had been held in quarantine, for health services they never requested. It appears then that Fuller had requested SLHD provide the health services, but  then determined that his department and he would not foot the bill. It surely cannot be the case that the Police Commissioner's powers include having others pay his bills and therefore, not only would the quarantine fees ch

Commissioner of Fines Administration issuing garnishee orders to recover COVID quarantine fees adds to evidence that fromer Premier Gladys Berejiklian, her Police Chief Mick Fuller  administered  a system of fines masquerading as a fee for service -Berejikilian ministers Damien Tudehope , Brad Hazzard and Victor Dominello refused to issue itemised invoices for their so-called "quarantine fee", Tudehope admitted that the Health Services Act was used as cover to charge for police and other  security Berejiklian and Fuller ordered for quarantine hotels

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 by Ganesh Sahathevan  Commissioner of Fines Administration issuing garnishee orders to recover COVID quarantine fees adds to evidence that fromer Premier Gladys Berejiklian, her Police Chief Mick Fuller  administered  a system of fines masquerading as a fee for service -Berejikilian ministers Damien Tudehope , Brad Hazzard and Victor Dominello refused to issue itemised invoices for their so-called "quarantine fee", Tudehope admitted that the Health Services Act was used as cover to charge forpolice and other  security Berejiklian and Fuller ordered for quarantine hotels Reported by the SMH in October 2023: A 2021 investigation by the Ombudsman  found Revenue NSW had unlawfully used an automated system to issue garnishee orders between 2016 and 2019 , leaving financially vulnerable people unable to pay rent. The agency’s spokesperson said all recent decisions to issue garnishee orders for outstanding quarantine fees had been made by an officer delegated by the Commissioner of