Wondering about the weather on Australia Day? Here's your forecast for the capital cities. The ACT and WA follow a similar system. In the ACT, one additional demerit po ...

Any speeding offences, mobile phone useage, seatbelt or helmet offences will carry double demerits. During double demerits, if you are on your L or P plates, you will receive a minimum of eight ...

However, anyone caught breaking the rules won’t have to pay double the fine. Queensland is the only place in the country where double demerit point apply all year round, not just during holiday ...

Motorists are being warned double demerit points will come into effect from Friday, as Australians prepare to hit the road ...

Police across the country have launched Australia Day operations with double demerit points now enforced in some states and ...

Queensland: While there are no holiday-specific double demerit periods in Queensland, the Sunshine State applies stronger penalties to certain driving offences every day of the year. These include ...

As the Australia Day long weekend approaches, many of us are looking forward to a well-deserved break, perhaps spent soaking up the sun at the beach, enjoying a cold one at the local pub, or catching ...

The Queensland state government does implement a double-demerits scheme, but it runs all year round instead of only during peak holiday periods. It’s also applied differently to the above-mentioned ...

For all other traffic offences, such as failing to keep to the left on the roads, drivers will be hit with an extra demerit point. Queensland, unlike the other states, does not apply double ...

Tens of thousands of Australians are expected to hit the road for the Christmas holidays, which brings with it increased risk and the prospect of double demerits in some regions. New South Wales ...

While the NRMA "supports double demerits" in some situations — which are enforced in New South Wales, Western Australia, Queensland and ACT — he told Yahoo News there "should absolutely be ...

Queensland’s double demerit system instead only applies the penalty to repeat offenders, rather than drivers caught doing the wrong thing during holiday periods. Drivers in the Sunshine State ...