Bondi party-goers fined after 40 pack house

Multiple people and businesses in Sydney have been slapped with hefty fines over Christmas for breaking coronavirus rules.

Partygoers who packed into a Bondi house were among those fined by police.

A total of 11 people were fined at the house in Blair Street at 11pm on Boxing Day after neighbours complained about the noise and called police.

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Around 40 people were there, and many fled, NSW police said. The official NSW Health limit is ten.

Others, including two people who lived there, all aged in their 20s and 30s, were fined.

Meanwhile, the owner of a restaurant on King Street in Newtown was fined $5000 on December 23 for having too many people inside.

Police say there were 27 more people than there should have been in the space.

Another restaurant in Campbelltown in the city's west was fined $5000 after 15 people more than should have been were found inside.

Police checked on the venue in Tindall Street on Christmas Eve after giving owners a warning for packing in 65 people more than they should, earlier in the month.

But more diners arrived while police were there.

"During the conversation, staff continued to seat more customers inside the restaurant and police issued a direction for no more people to enter the venue," NSW police said in a statement.

"Further inquiries revealed the restaurant had been given a formal warning earlier in the month for exceeding capacity by more than 65 people."

Meanwhile, on Christmas Day, a 32-year old woman from Collaroy Sydney's northern beaches was fined for going to Bligh Park in the city's west.

She told police she'd driven there the night before, despite residents being banned from leaving the area except for essential reasons.

She was sent home and fined $1000.

A man was also fined in Sydney's Centennial Park on Christmas Day over a "large gathering" police said.

They said the 22-year-old was moved on from Bronte Beach earlier in the day, where a gathering of backpackers sparked fury.

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