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.
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.
On 1 January 2010, changes came into effect regarding how the State Penalties Enforcement Registry (“SPER”) can enforce unpaid fines. SPER is the Queensland government department responsible for handling and enforcing fines issued on behalf of the government, such as parking fines or court fines.
Every day, more and more drivers on Queensland roads are being pulled over for a random breath test to check if the driver is committing a drink driving offence. The likelihood of you being pulled over for a random breath test is therefore much higher today than ever before. But do you know what your rights …
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