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Canberra's libraries join nationwide trend of scrapping fines for late books

Written By Unknown on Thursday, October 31, 2019 | 8:14 PM

‘It makes sense,’ ACT minister says of library change to take effect from 21 November

Canberra’s libraries have abolished all late fines, as the Australian city becomes the latest to adopt a policy that has been shown to increase the return rate of books.

The Australian Capital Territory government announced on Thursday that it would no longer charge fines, and would forgive all existing ones, from 21 November. Instead, those with an overdue book will have their borrowing and computer use suspended until it is returned.

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