Need for national licencing/rego

yep,

when i moved to nsw from wa, i got followed by mr plod one night whilst trundling along in my trusty old xd fairmont ghia. he very kindly advised me of my position. that's when it started, I was writing so many cheques I felt like i was going to be sleeping in the thing before too long.

rest assured, some one is making a lot of money....

Well I don't know whether this applies in QLD, but there's some clown in my Street ( GQ Nissan) that moved up here from Vic 2 years ago & it's still sporting Vic plates. Should dob the Pr-k in eh ! Must be cheaper Rego down there. They not only can't drive, but they want the cake & eat it.

I agree - we are living in the one country, not a set of hostile countries that the various licensing departments in each state seem to think.

Motherhen

If you think rego and licencing is a problem spare a thought for the businesses that are spread across Aus.

They have 9 different jurisdictions to work in, at least 9 health and safety Acts, lord knows how many other pieces of state legislation.

It's about time we did something about it but the big problem is we are a Federation of Sovereign States and even though they have ceded some of their powers, eg defence and customs etc, they still like their little bit of parochial power.

We have as many people as the worlds largest city. Of course we are spread over the worlds 5th largest land mass so I suppose we need a few extra pogos to run the place.

I have zero intrest i national rego because without a doubt it would adopt the lowest common deniminator registration circus
NSW

If you have property in a different state then you can get away with keeping your rego in your original state. If however you are working in a diffent state on a permanent basis and living there full time, then the 3 month law applies. A real pain in the arse law it is.

Alternatively, take a few dfays off and drive over the border to the NT for a short holiday. Then you may re-enter for a 3 month period of rego grace....lol Just watch out for the Fruit Fly Man.

Yep that's he law. One 'consolation' could be that you won't have to (shouldn't have to) pay Stamp Duty again. At least that's the system in most states. Until we do away with State Govts. then there is very little chance that such requirements would ever become nationwide. Too much money (tax/fees/stamp duty and other charges) involved. You always have the option of presenting your case to your local MP in the hope that they might be interested in seeking changes to suit your requirements. p.s. you should also get a refund from the State that you have moved from. That could help to off-set the change-over. By the way, there is already a Federal Rego. system in place for certain classes of Heavy Vehicles. Guess that's a start in the right direction.

And licences and registration is only the start. What about education, trade ticlets etc...

We haven't even got a National Railway line that is exactly the same gauge all around the country...

Couldn't agree more Barnesy. I work in the mining industry and have shifted into different states 8 times in 6 years. I used a relatives address in QLD (my home state) for about 5 years for rego but changed Licence when ever my current one ran out. Changing Licences is easy - no change in money, they just adopt the original expiry date.

The chances of you being found out for being in a state for more than 3 months is negligable - unless you get pulled over by the cops regulary for doing the wrong thing. I've lived in towns with a poulation of less than 5000 for over 12 months and never even been pulled over let alone given a warning. In a capital city you have buckly's chance of being noticed.

I've only just changed my SA rego over to NSW even though I've been here for 11 months because I know now that I will be staying in NSW for atleast a couple of years.

You should try changing your shooters licence over between states....now that is a head foc!!!

I've got a young family and as someone else mentioned education is a joke too. Leave grade 1 in one state mid year and go into grade 2 at the next state (or vice versa)........just STUPID.

All I can say is that neither you or I will be around by the time the states agree on any of this!!

Barnesy, if you run for PM I will vote for you. How true that we have a stupid licensing/rego system here. In fact, I reckon we are way too over-governed anyway. I reckon we should ditch all state governments in favour of a state "administration". You guys can have Media Mike (Rann) for your Governor.

Hey, maybe I should run for PM.

G'day Barnsey,

It won't be a problem for too much longer............

After Uncle Kev (I'm great in 08) regulates the transport industry into a national body, takes over the state health system (a warning given after the election that he would take over if the states couldn't get their act into gear and sort their problems out)
over-rides the state school administrators and impliments a Nation curriculum and standardises school holidays, has one Australian time zone (with daylight saving) etc, etc............
Do you really think that a nation vehicle registration system will be a problem?? LOL!

Cheers,
Wayne.

Barnesy


It is the result of our political system. It is not just your driver's licence and rego. It is a system of inefficiencies and red tape, with Federal and State Governments duplicating services.

Each state has its own laws. Howard whilst in Govt.... tried to get agreements in a lot of areas from all the states to have some uniform laws. Hence the Australian Road Rules.

A Rhodes Scholar named Bob Hawke when doing his thesis put forward the idea of changing the Australian Political System to a Federal Government and Larger Councils. The current powers of the States would be divided between the councils and the Federal Government.

When he became Prime Minister he didn't attempt to change the political system.

To do this would mean a successful referendum. We don't have them in Australia because people are afraid of change. The politicians would not support it because it would mean having themselves voted out of a job.

We continue to have the largest number of politicians per head of capita in the world.



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