How 33,000 will have their Covid penalties repaid as authorities admit they had no legal right to fine Australians for 'offences' such as not wearing a mask, sunbaking or travelling 5km from their homes

• Two Sydneysiders challenged fines for Covid Public Health Order breaches
• Case was run by Redfern Legal Centre in New South Wales Supreme Court
• Hearing did not go ahead when the government conceded fines were invalid
• Commissioner of Fines Administration then withdrew 33,121 penalty notices 
• Thousands more such fines across NSW could now be found to be invalid