Vehicle registration costs in Qld, get the facts right you whinging Qlders.

Get the facts right...LOL.

Famous last words spoken many times John.

Victorians do not pay their third party insurance seperately. There are only three items listed on a Victorian registration bill. Stamp Duty, Third Party & Registration. These are itemised but you have to pay the bill in total.

So to register my Discovery Td5 is $593. Total. That's it. We also do not have any scheme on size of vehicle.

So I can see why the Queenslanders are whinging.

It is not the cost that worries me as much as the misinformation which goes with it.

We are told that rego increases for 4,6 or 8 cylinders as a reflection of "gas guzzling" and "environmental impact" yet fuel consumption is not taken into account. My V8 200 series uses a less fuel than a lot of 6 cylinders and my I30 uses only 5l per 100km. All these vehicles just use the road with 4 tyres on the road yet have differential taxing.

"gas guzzlers" pay extra tax through extra fuel they guzzle so why tax twice. There is no sound strategy here just tax grabbing. There should be encouragement for lower fuel consumption.

Alan

John,

not sure where you got those numbers from....using https://www.service.transport.qld.gov.au/eQuote/eQuote.jsp gives me the following information:

Date of registration 01/07/2009
Quote type Registration renewal
Include CTP insurance in quote Yes
Vehicle type Passenger car
Purpose of use Private
Type of engine Cylinders
Number of cylinders/rotors 6
Concession category No Concession
Pay term 12 Months
CTP insurance class Cars and station wagons
Input tax credits entitlement (ITCE) No
CTP insurer NRMA

Registration fee 415.60
Traffic improvement fee 45.80
CTP insurance premium 340.00

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Total fee ($) 801.40
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In Victoria, CTP is included in your vehicle registration and is covered by TAC, therefore general costs would be:

Registration Renewal Fees - Light Motor Vehicle

Postcode at which the vehicle will be garaged: 3001
Are you eligible for Pensioner Concession?: no
Do you have a Health Care Card?: no

Registration Fee: $183.30
Transport Accident Charge: $390.00
Insurance Duty: $39.00
Total Fee Payable $: $612.30



Happy to be proven wrong in this case :)

Andrew

Easily fixed all move back to Victoria:))

I am told that CTP insurance for utes in Qld will rise by $90 due to the increasing number of accidents involving utes, ( Now usually driven by younger drivers )

the old days of utes being driven by dads farmers and old tradies are gone, they have become a fashion statement now :-(

If you want to whinge about rego come to SA, my last bill was close to $900 for my Hilux and it's just gone up again so later this year wil be $900+ !!

Settle down guys... the explanation could be a simple one.. Victoria is a small state so the road infrastructure is small and so the costs are low. Queenslanders have a big state and probably have been paying a lot less than required for a long time..OR!!! Just mismanagement of state govts in general. Michael

Got to agree- QLD whingers
in ACT 80 series is $821 , same as holden crapadoore, is classified as station wagon.
LC ute $900 if registered for private use or double if business vehicle (Classified as goods carrying vehicle).
not sure if these reflect CPI increases to take effect from today.
still not too much to force me to move to VIC.
cheers
howard

Thanks everyone for the replies.

Yes, I do have a few corrections to make to the original statement.

I also have a better idea of what is happening across the country and what the facts are :o0

http://www.racq.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/42475/Rego_costs_FactSheet_June_2009.pdf

Don't forget, Queenslanders had subsidised fuel for a long time. It was costing about 10c a litre less than anywhere else.

I reckon get rid of the states. They are sheltered workshops for the lazy and the corrupt (politicians and public servants). Sadly, Rudd has been too gutless to take over the hospitals.

QLD rego for 4 cyld $340.00 CTP
$262.45 rego fee
$ 45.80 traffic inprovement fee
Total 648.25
Have my bill in front of me payable by 4/8/09
Not looking forward to my bill for my 6clyd patrol and my v8 triumph stag.
col

Well that is interesting.. the regos for Qld were to go up from the first of july..

I paid 2 of my 3 vehicles regos in the last month. (all 3 are 6cyl)
pajero due on 30th june
commodore due 5 june..
both of those registrations were $752 and so many cents for a year and $415 and so many cents for 6 months..

yet my GQ rego in April? was in the $600 mark and I think somewhere in the $300 mark for 6 months.. what the usual rego price was.

So the rego rise was as of the first of july.. but they have hit me up for it in june!

Maybe I need to make a phone call....