SWEARING in public could become a major money spinner for the Queensland Government with $100 fines to be issued for the offence along with $300 for public urination and other disorderly offences.
A 12-month trial of ticketing for public nuisance offences has found issuing a fine was more cost-effective and freed up both the courts and police.
Legislation will be introduced into State Parliament later this year and the new ticketing regime will be rolled out from next year.
The trial was prompted by a Crime and Misconduct Commission report which found 60 per cent of summary offences being dealt with in magistrates courts statewide were offences of public nuisance and 97 per cent of defendants either pleaded guilty or were found guilty after they failed to appear in court.
The Courier Mail reports experts fear swearing in public will be a major money spinner and could become the weapon of choice for frustrated officers on the beat.
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Males accounted for 89 per cent of all tickets issued but the rate of ticketed females was five times higher in Townsville than South Brisbane.
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