Petition Against The Increase In Licence Costs

[skins]

Found this. Not sure if you have already seen it but i'm just spreading the love.

Queensland residents draw to the attention of the House the Government's proposal to double the cost of Queensland Drivers Licences to more than $150, making Queensland licences the most expensive in the Nation. These changes, along with hikes in vehicle registration costs, the new State fuel tax, and above CPI increases for tolls make Queensland the most expensive State in Australia to be a motorist.

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to oppose this massive increase in Queensland Drivers Licence charges.

Here's the link to the petition.

$150 licence cost NO WAY

Apparently it is open to only Queensland drivers. So Karn you good things and get behind it!

[San-Ni]

good find...signed

[Isola]

cbf

[hojak]

cbf

*Pointing finger at you* Shame on you, Anna B lover. haha.

Nice one Jason. Signed.

[SWITZER]

Signed our wallets already get raped enough

[t5iv]

Its all tax deductable.

[jase-r34]

Signed.... Does anyone think it will actually make a difference how many people sign it tho? After the last one against raising the cost of rego....

[r33cruiser]

If its tax deductable, does it matter?

ALSO, how many years does $150 get you?

NOT signed , atleast until we know all the facts

[Col-GTSX]

politicians, they lie, they cheat, they suck, they take your money...

/end lesson in life

[Smity42]

Its all tax deductable.

If its tax deductable, does it matter?

ALSO, how many years does $150 get you?

I think its only tax deductable if you are a b*stard like Tony and get to deduct all your car expenses (depends on your occupation).

$150 is for 5 years AFAIK.

politicians, they lie, they cheat, they suck, they take your money...

/end lesson in life

Truth.

[N-DAWG]

NSW licence for 5 years is around $151... sucks that QLD is raising the price on everything motor related... that's what happens when state governments get the taste of money and become greedy!

I just renewed mine for 5 years.. perfect timing before moving back to NSW in a few months lol

Anywho, while I'm still an official QLD Resident, petition signed!

[MSTRshenanigans]

/signed

[mad082]

Found this. Not sure if you have already seen it but i'm just spreading the love.

Queensland residents draw to the attention of the House the Government's proposal to double the cost of Queensland Drivers Licences to more than $150, making Queensland licences the most expensive in the Nation. These changes, along with hikes in vehicle registration costs, the new State fuel tax, and above CPI increases for tolls make Queensland the most expensive State in Australia to be a motorist.

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to oppose this massive increase in Queensland Drivers Licence charges.

Here's the link to the petition.

$150 licence cost NO WAY

Apparently it is open to only Queensland drivers. So Karn you good things and get behind it!

this is incorrect as someone pointed out below. we will be on par with some other states. NSW is $151 (as posted earlier), and from what i could find SA is also $150 a year.

the way things are going they will have to rename this state to the whinging state. i'm not going to bother signing because like anything involving the government (any government, not just QLD's), it doesn't matter whether we like it or not they will do what they want. also because i refuse to sign a petition where the person starting it doesn't even do the research to see if what they are saying is correct (saying that qld will be the most expensive when it isn't).

[.:: GimpS-R34 ::.]

I'm also not signing.. only cause it's $30.00 a year.. not a great deal of money really.. Especially when you look at what our cars cost to run..

And most importantly, if they didn't take it from one source, they'll just get our money through another means..

[mad082]

I'm also not signing.. only cause it's $30.00 a year.. not a great deal of money really.. Especially when you look at what our cars cost to run..

And most importantly, if they didn't take it from one source, they'll just get our money through another means..

exactly. that's like how people say that they should get rid of the tax on fuel. well if they did then there's a few hundred million dollars less tax that they would then have to get off us by increasing the tax on something else, so at the end of the day you'd still be paying out just as much in tax.

[r33cruiser]

For 5 years thats not too bad.

Wouldn't be much more than 5yrs now?

Edited June 21, 2010 by r33cruiser

[Smity42]

currently about 75 bux for 5 years - so it's doubling

[Col-GTSX]

So for those who dont have a house;

* rates up

* water up

* elec up

* insurance up (big time)

* foxtel up (bastards)

* interwebs (steady, yee haa)

* hot dogs up

* frozen fish fillets up (by like 40cents)

* 70 year old men taking Vigria up

* 6 miners killed in the congo up on last year

Its life i guess, everything's going up...

Sory to high jack thread and make it silly, but i felt silly this morning...

[mad082]

also it's not like the licences are going up overnight. it's going to increase in increments between now and 2014. the initial increase is only going up to about $96 dollars.

[t5iv]

So for those who dont have a house;

* rates up

* water up

* elec up

* insurance up (big time)

* foxtel up (bastards)

* interwebs (steady, yee haa)

* hot dogs up

* frozen fish fillets up (by like 40cents)

* 70 year old men taking Vigria up

* 6 miners killed in the congo up on last year

Its life i guess, everything's going up...

Sory to high jack thread and make it silly, but i felt silly this morning...

Mine went up today. Checked this morning. 120GB - 60/60.

checked 20 min ago, 140gb - 70/70

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