A new report shows that Queenslanders owe the state government more than a billion dollars in unpaid fines.
Enforcement of fines were initially paused during the pandemic and now that period is over debt collection has resumed. The most significant causes for debt are COVID-19 breaches and hotel quarantine.
Queensland Health says a total of 43,801 invoices have been issued for hotel quarantine and 11 per cent of them are considered "significantly overdue"