A day in the life of the Work and Development Order Program – tackling fines debt in NSW

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This episode was recorded in November and December 2019.  The statistics quoted by some of the people interviewed relate to that time.

In May 2020 there is approximately $850 million of fines debt in NSW and the WDO Program sponsors have assisted people to clear over $200 million of fines debt since it started in 2011.

 Links and referrals

• Legal Aid NSW – Work and Development Order Service web page
• Legal Aid NSW – Work and Development Order Service publications – search under Money, Debt & Fines
• Revenue NSW – Work and Development Order Guidelines
• Revenue NSW – Become a Work and Development Order Sponsor
• Revenue NSW – Find a Work and Development Order Sponsor
• Revenue NSW Advocacy Hotline – Become an Advocate to speak to Revenue NSW about your client’s fines
• Revenue NSW WDO Hotline – 1300 478 879
• Legal Aid NSW Youtube Channel – Fines and WDOs Playlist
• Legal Aid NSW Law for Community Workers on the go podcast about the WDO Service
• Law Check-Up – help your client to find out what legal problems they have, including fines

 

This episode was produced by Audiocraft's Nicole Curby

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