For anyone who has ever struggled to replace their registration labels without leaving a mess, now is your time to rejoice. As of 1 October 2014, the Queensland Government will no longer require most drivers to display a registration label. This means that you can legally remove the sticker from your vehicle if you want to. This is optional …
Most Australians know that in emergencies, they need to call Triple-Zero (000) for assistance from either the police, ambulance services or the fire departments. Unfortunately, this number has been repeatedly misused by members of the public who call 000 for a wide range of non-emergency reasons ranging from the semi-serious (to report a theft that has already taken place) …
In Queensland, it has long been known that a person cannot drink liquor while driving a vehicle. This law, however, did not extend to supervisors of Learner drivers. This meant that a person could supervise a Learner driver while drinking liquor at the same time.
The Queensland Government has recently announced amendments to the law requiring cyclists to wear bicycle helmets. This decision was announced on 23 April 2013.
A person can be charged with the offence of unlicensed driving for a number of reasons. An obvious example is where a person has never obtained a driver’s licence but drives a vehicle regardless. Similarly, a person commits an unlicensed driving offence if they fail to renew their driver’s licence after it expires and is …
If you are charged with an offence of dangerous driving in Queensland, you should immediately seek legal advice from an expert criminal lawyer. This is an extremely serious charge and depending on the facts of the case, could result in a period of imprisonment.
The Queensland Government has introduced an “offender levy” which applies to any offender (other than a child) who is sentenced in a Queensland court on or after 21 August 2012. According to the media statement, the purpose of the offender levy is to help reduce the costs of administering the criminal justice system and also …
There has been a lot of media attention recently on the issue of whether the police can, or should be able to, fingerprint drink drivers. This has resulted in Harper Finch Lawyers receiving a number of enquiries from concerned citizens about whether they’ve been made to provide their fingerprints when they should not have been. …
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On 18 July 2011, the Queensland government announced that it would be introducing tougher anti-hooning laws.According to the media statement, hoons and repeat dangerous drivers will lose their vehicles for seven days for their first impoundment offence (the current period is two days). A second impoundment offence will result in an automatic 28 day impoundment …
The Queensland government has recently introduced new drink driving laws which all drivers in Queensland need to understand. Under these new laws, anyone caught drink driving with an alcohol concentration of 0.10 or higher will automatically have their driver’s licence suspended until the matter is finalised in court. The previous limit for immediate licence suspensions was 0.15.