The Queensland Government has recently announced amendments to the law requiring cyclists to wear bicycle helmets. This decision was announced on 23 April 2013.
Year: 2014
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.
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Sep
Offender Levy
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 …
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Sep
New drink driving laws
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.
The Queensland Government has recently announced a number of significant reforms to Queensland drink-driving laws which will be introduced from the middle of 2011. These laws have been developed following statewide consultions with a number of stakeholders, including experts and the general public. The new initiatives to be introduced are as follows: Immediately suspending a …
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Many readers would no doubt be familiar with the following scenario: You drive to a party or a bar with the intention of having just one or two drinks and then driving home afterwards. However after a few hours, you realise that you haven’t been careful enough with monitoring your alcoholic drinks and that, if you …
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Previously in Queensland, holders of provisional and probationary licences were subject to a nil-alcohol restriction only if they were under 25 years old. However recent legislative changes have enlarged this so that it does not matter what age the provisional or probationary licence holder is.