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Old 12-05-2010, 03:18 PM   #1
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Angry ou'll pay heaps for new Queensland high-tech driver's licence

You'll pay heaps for new Queensland high-tech driver's licence

Steven Wardill From: The Courier-Mail May 12, 2010 10:26AM 163 comments

QUEENSLAND'S high-tech new drivers' licences are almost here - but they'll cost twice as much as the current version within five years.

Transport Minister Rachel Nolan today announced that the new licences would be trialled this year with a full rollout from 2011.

The licence includes a biometric image of the driver as well as a computer chip capable of storing personal information.

Its introduction will see the phasing out of the existing laminated driver and other licences.

But motorists are in for a shock with the cost of licences increasing from the current $73.30 for a five-year licence to $96.05 initially - and then $152.50 in five years.

What else will Captain Bligh slug us motorists with ???????

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Old 12-05-2010, 03:25 PM   #2
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I bet who ever voted for her and drives a car is ****ed off at themselves
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Old 12-05-2010, 03:30 PM   #3
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Five year license for $90-$150 bucks is pretty cheap in the scheme of things.

NSW has been around $150 for 5 years for ages.
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Old 12-05-2010, 04:20 PM   #4
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Geez, how cheap are Qld licenses now ?

As 'jeep_by_ford' said ours are that price now.

---From the RTA NSW site---
Unrestricted Driver licence (Gold) & National Heavy Vehicle Driver licence (Magenta) $47 for 1 year, $113 for 3 years, $151 for 5 years
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I wonder what NSW will be charging then if we get these fancy new licenses?
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damn i thought this was going to be about a license for high performance drivers.

might be a good point. would you pay a higher price for a license that increased your speed limit?
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Geez, how cheap are Qld licenses now ?

As 'jeep_by_ford' said ours are that price now.

---From the RTA NSW site---
Unrestricted Driver licence (Gold) & National Heavy Vehicle Driver licence (Magenta) $47 for 1 year, $113 for 3 years, $151 for 5 years
Licence fees

Fees current as of 1 July 2009
The fees associated with a Queensland driver licence are set out below. All fees are in Australian dollars.

Test fees

road rules test — A$18.60
practical driving test — A$43.65
hazard perception test — A$15.45
Product fees

three year learner licence — A$70.50
one year P1 provisional, P2 provisional or open licence — A$28.50
two year P1 provisional, P2 provisional or open licence — A$39.70
three year P1 provisional, P2 provisional or open licence — A$50.90
four year P1 provisional, P2 provisional or open licence — A$62.10
five year P1 provisional, P2 provisional or open licence — A$73.30
replacement licence — A$27.30
replacement learner logbook — A$16.20
extract from a driver's licence record — A$18.10
extract from a driver's traffic history — A$18.10
Application fees

Application for an exemption from:

learner logbook requirements — A$32.35
high-powered and high performance vehicle restrictions — A$32.35
late night driving restrictions — A$32.35
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Certainly the price is a bit steep, but for many years there has been calls to get rid of the current laminated licences because of how incredibly simple it is to forge!

No other state in Australia uses laminated cards and i recall a comment made that a QLD drivers licence was presented as ID while in England and they laughed and said thats some sort of cheap fake!
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Mrs Bligh must really to not want to be sitting another term. I'm yet to come across a supporter. What's wrong with ditching the laminated version and adopting a similar one to NSW? instead, we have to pay for a chip containing information which will no doubt get hacked and thus assisting in identity fraud. Morons.
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Old 12-05-2010, 08:19 PM   #10
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We got new licenses here in Victoria, and every time I go to buy some beer I get questioned about if its a real license because of the stupid plastic strip it has, that no one has seen before.
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Doesn't concern me. Like petrol I need it more than I care what it costs.
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bet ya some chinese fake will be available 2 days after its released too, just like oakleys, nikes and rolexs nothing's fake proof.
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Certainly the price is a bit steep, but for many years there has been calls to get rid of the current laminated licences because of how incredibly simple it is to forge!

No other state in Australia uses laminated cards and i recall a comment made that a QLD drivers licence was presented as ID while in England and they laughed and said thats some sort of cheap fake!
im going through the process at the moment of transferring my nz license to a qld one, and nearly laughed out loud when i saw the qld license, they look like a school library card or something lol


oh, and i renewed my nz license while i was back home in march, $30 for 10 years...
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Old 12-05-2010, 09:12 PM   #14
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i have to have a bit of a chuckle and scratch my head sometimes when i read all the post (or listen to people talking) about how hard done by queenslanders are .
obviously a lot of people have never been interstate.

its about time that qld started to try and catch up with the rest of the country . might only be 15 years behind now
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Old 12-05-2010, 09:19 PM   #15
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New World Order here we come... why is there a need for an electronic RFID chip inside a drivers license? Is it to aid in the fast processing of check points (ala the nazi check points)? Perhaps we can purchase groceries with it?

I agree the QLD license looks like a library card (worse in fact), however, there is no need to have this level of big brother technology IMO
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technology is free afaik... my bank updated my credit card to a chip readable unit for a total cost to me of $0.00...Something I use daily...

Why the f&^k it costs me an extra $30 clams for something that I have never been asked for or needed in 15 years is beyond me...

For every update the Bligh government does they seem to tack on a healthy profit... So over it!
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Can someone post a picture of the drivers license of their state?

I live in Victoria and I have this one:

http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200909/r430352_2058830.jpg

Except it says Probationary Drivers License, and instead of blue, its red there to signify stage 1 Ps.
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I enjoyed living in Queensland because it was different from the other states, i lived in Sydney for a few years earlier this decade and i couldn't wait to be out of there again. Now it's all much of a muchness :( except the warmer climate up here is still free...until they find a way to tax or toll the weather
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I thought it would store information such as blood type and allergys incase of an emergency?
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Certainly the price is a bit steep, but for many years there has been calls to get rid of the current laminated licences because of how incredibly simple it is to forge!

No other state in Australia uses laminated cards and i recall a comment made that a QLD drivers licence was presented as ID while in England and they laughed and said thats some sort of cheap fake!
Why didn't I know about this when I was 17?

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Hahahaha... wow... that does look kinda amateur. Can someone please photoshop McLovin onto that Licence for me???
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More money grabbing from a broke Govt!

Well I guess it's one way to stop people moving to our State. Make motoring so expensive people don't bother.
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Shock horror. It is going to cost $30 per year to have a licence. Boo hoo.

Surely you get more than $30 value out of your licence per year? (Not directed at anyone in particular)
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why is there a need for an electronic RFID chip inside a drivers license?
because you can't photocopy an RFID chip.

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I live in Victoria and I have this one:
http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200909/r430352_2058830.jpg
i doubt very much your name is jane citizen, and do the cops think that picture looks like you?
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Why didn't I know about this when I was 17?

Yeah fake IDs are really easy to make up here, one of my mates from school made them, you go in to QT and say you've lost your ID get a new one then when they hand it to you it's still warm so you pry open the lamination take out the piece of paper change the details you want to change and put it back in warm it up and seal it. or something along those lines.

Theres something like 80k cases of stolen identity a year up here
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QLD licenses are dodgey as...The corner of mine started lifting and a bouncer called it as being fake and threatened to call the police!!

Doesn't make sense...as 18+ cards (photo ID) for qld are printed on that plastic stuff..

Either way, it's something I need and if you renew it for 5 years than that's 5 years you don't need to worry about it for!
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QLD licenses are dodgey as...The corner of mine started lifting and a bouncer called it as being fake and threatened to call the police!!

Doesn't make sense...as 18+ cards (photo ID) for qld are printed on that plastic stuff..

Either way, it's something I need and if you renew it for 5 years than that's 5 years you don't need to worry about it for!
Then ask him to call the police so it can get sorted.

Coppers can do a quick radio check though it is unlikey the bouncer will call them as bullies seldom like to be wrong.
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Hahahaha... wow... that does look kinda amateur. Can someone please photoshop McLovin onto that Licence for me???
Can't Photoshop it.

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Whilst it may be true that other states are paying this much for their licences already, it does not justify the cost.
A discussion on news radio yesterday said the biometric technology that is to be used is already in use for some RSL clubs. Their membership can be as low as $10 for 3 years, why should this cost be 1000% higher for the guvmnt to implement? In my business, volume = better buying power = less cost.
Wouldn't be revenue raising, surely.
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Because im guessing the traffic authority employ allot more people than a local club.
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