International students have you got fined lately for trying to do the right thing? You are not the only one. The card costs $6 and you can't buy one on the tram. Then the machines on the tram don't always work.
But sometimes International students are bullied into paying the $75 on the spot fine and now there are lawyers to help fight your MYKI case in court. Lawyer Julian Burnside helped someone fight his case in corut and it was successful.
In court most people win as MYKI is an impossible system to get right. Many of the times the technology does not work or its slow in responding. I have seen one International student just last week at the tram stop outside the State Library being fined for not understanding the confusing MYKI system.
There were cases where I have been bullied into paying the $75 fine on a packed tram when I couldn't touch on. Glad I did not and I won my appeal like in 99% of cases going to court.
The message is to students who have done the right thing and have been penalised: don't pay the $75 fine. Instead opt to go to court and get help from your university's free legal service.
In court most people win as MYKI is an impossible system to get right. Many of the times the technology does not work or its slow in responding. I have seen one International student just last week at the tram stop outside the State Library being fined for not understanding the confusing MYKI system.
There were cases where I have been bullied into paying the $75 fine on a packed tram when I couldn't touch on. Glad I did not and I won my appeal like in 99% of cases going to court.
The message is to students who have done the right thing and have been penalised: don't pay the $75 fine. Instead opt to go to court and get help from your university's free legal service.
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