Smokers who throw cigarette butts in Canberra will soon face a A $500 fine. (picture of Daily Mail)
Smokers who throw cigarette butts in Canberra will soon face a A $500 fine, whether or not the cigarette butts are still burning, the Daily Mail reported. In addition, failure to tie up the car goods will also face a maximum fine of A $1500.
It is reported that in the last fiscal year, government, Australia`s capital territory, handled 800 reports of illegal dumping and spent about A $20 million to clean up, so the government intends to increase penalties for related acts.
City Service Director Steele (Chris Steel) introduced a bill to review littering laws in the territory. For example, the penalty for littering cigarette butts has been raised nearly tenfold, from A $60 to A $500.
It is understood that the new law proposal covers a number of aspects of fines. For example, if lollipop wrapping paper is thrown to the ground, the fine will be raised from A $60 to A $150. For littering relatively large items, the fine will be raised from A $200 to A $300. Driving carrying untied goods will face a fine of up to A $1500, etc.
In addition, with the amount of garbage dumped, quality or nature of the difference, the punishment is likely to increase.
On Thursday, Steele proposed new reforms at legislation parliament, the first major review of the Territory`s garbage bill in about 15 years. The new law also aims to solve the problem of littering in cities, and it also proposes new measures to solve the problem of garbage hoarding in public places in Canberra.
Steele said the new regulations will strengthen government`s anti-littering measures aimed at reducing and preventing littering.
