Media response - parking expiations

Published on 21 September 2022

Response to The Advertiser.

1. How many parking fines were issued by the council in the 2021/22 financial year?
2. How many of the fines were reviewed and how many were overturned?
3. What were the main reasons fines were issued?
4. How much money did the council collect from the expiations?

How many fines were issued by the council in the 2021/22 financial year?
752 Parking expiation notices were issued in 2021–22

How many of the fines were reviewed and how many were overturned?
102 expiation notices were withdrawn on review

What were the main reasons fines were issued?
The top five reasons for parking expiation notices were:

1. Stop on a path/dividing strip or nature strip
2. Stop in a bus zone
3. Contravene no stopping sign
4. Stop in a permit zone
5. Stop on continuous yellow edge line

How much money did the council collect from the expiations?
In 2021–22 $159,239 in revenue was received from parking expiation notices.

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