Owners and staff at an Illawarra cafe are fined after REFUSING to wear masks – forcing outraged customers to call police
Owners of an Illawarra cafe have been fined after refusing to wear face masks while serving customers.
Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys said during a press conference on Sunday police had been called out to the venue by the disgruntled customers.
‘It is clearly irresponsible,’ he said. ‘The community, when you look at social media, was certainly against that stance taken by the cafe.
‘In fact, police had to issue infringement notices and I will follow that up in the coming days to make sure that they comply.’
The fine was issued as Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast, and Wollongong began their first full day of a two week long lockdown.
Deputy commissioner Worboys said 15 penalty infringements had been issued across New South Wales overnight.
An family from Sydney’s eastern suburbs had broken stay-at-home orders to travel to a sporting event in the Hunter Valley.
‘No matter how people think that they have to attend some of these events with their children or need to go on holidays, public health orders are clear,’ deputy commissioner Worboy said.
‘The family were issued an infringement notice and that will happen to any family who has travelled outside the metropolitan area and against public health orders.’
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