{"id":11900,"date":"2021-06-25T05:49:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T05:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=11900"},"modified":"2021-06-25T05:49:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T05:49:47","slug":"pins-issued-over-non-essential-visit-to-cinema-by-couple-travelling-through-western-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/06\/25\/pins-issued-over-non-essential-visit-to-cinema-by-couple-travelling-through-western-nsw\/","title":{"rendered":"PINs issued over non-essential visit to cinema by couple travelling through Western NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Victorian couple has been issued Penalty Infringement Notices (PINs) for allegedly breaching a Public Health Order while travelling through the state\u2019s west.<br \/>\nEarlier this month, the NSW Police Force was notified that a man and woman, who had tested positive to COVID-19, had travelled by road from Melbourne, Victoria, to Queensland through NSW.<br \/>\nInvestigations revealed the pair had taken a route using the Newell Highway, and visited various businesses deemed \u2018essential services\u2019, including retail stores, food outlets, and service stations.<br \/>\nThe pair also attended a cinema on Macquarie Street, Dubbo, on Wednesday 2 June 2021, which is deemed non-essential activity under the Public Health Act.<br \/>\nOfficers from Orana Mid-Western Police District have since advised the 48-year-old man and 44-year-old woman they will each be issued a $1000 PIN for fail to comply with noticed direction in relation to section 7\/8\/9 \u2013 COVID-19.<br \/>\nThe Queensland Police Service are expected to serve the PINs on behalf of the NSW Police Force today (Friday 25 June 2021).<br \/>\nAnyone with information regarding individuals or businesses in contravention of COVID-19-related ministerial directions is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or <a href=\"https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au\/\">https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au<\/a>.<br \/>\nInformation is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Victorian couple has been issued Penalty Infringement Notices (PINs) for allegedly breaching a Public Health Order while travelling through the state\u2019s west. Earlier this month, the NSW Police Force was notified that a man and woman, who had tested positive to COVID-19, had travelled by road from Melbourne, Victoria, to Queensland through NSW. Investigations &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2021\/06\/25\/pins-issued-over-non-essential-visit-to-cinema-by-couple-travelling-through-western-nsw\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;PINs issued over non-essential visit to cinema by couple travelling through Western NSW&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11900\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}