If you have been charged with a traffic offence in Cairns or Far North Queensland, most of what decides how it ends, including what happens to your licence, is settled before your first court date. Talk to Joseph Rahim about where you stand.
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The limits, what happens after you are charged, and whether a work licence is open to you.
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Read moreKeeping your licence for work after a drink or drug driving charge, and special hardship orders.
Read moreWho has to have one, how long the program runs, and the narrow exemptions.
Read moreYour options on a fine, demerit points, and the licence suspension for driving more than 40 km/h over.
Read moreDriving without due care and attention, demerit points and the court’s power to disqualify.
Read moreA criminal offence with automatic disqualification, and what makes it more serious.
Read moreWhat a driver must do after a crash, and the charges that follow leaving the scene.
Read moreFailing to stop for police, the owner notice, and what happens to your licence and your car.
Read moreBurnouts, racing and loss of traction, and what happens to your car.
Read moreWhen police can impound or forfeit a car, and early release.
Read moreCamera fines, the 28-day deadlines, transferring a fine and double demerits.
Read moreUsing or taking a car without the owner’s consent.
Read moreWhy it is treated seriously, and the traps that lead people into it.
Read moreReaching your point limit, the choice date, and special hardship orders.
Read moreExpired, suspended for demerit points or SPER, or the wrong class of licence.
Read moreFrom 1 December 2026. New drink and drug driving laws start. The drug driving maximum penalty is doubled, but drink driving maximum penalties are not. What changes for drink driving and for drug driving.
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Your paperwork shows what you are charged with and your court date. Read the wording carefully, because it decides your options.
Depending on the charge, your licence may be suspended at the roadside, until court, or not at all before court.
Anything that needs preparing, such as a work licence application, has to be ready ahead of your court date.
Most traffic matters are dealt with in the Magistrates Court. For people charged in or around Cairns, that is usually the Cairns Magistrates Court on Sheridan Street.
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You are not required to have one, but decisions such as whether a work licence is open to you have to be made before your first court date.
It depends on the charge. Some convictions bring automatic disqualification, while others leave it to the court.
Most traffic matters are dealt with in the Magistrates Court. Your paperwork shows the court and date.
Yes. It is free, confidential and comes with no obligation.
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0447 028 080This page is general information about Queensland law. It is not legal advice. Every matter turns on its own facts, so speak with us about yours.
