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[NSW] 50% off Licence Renewal Fees for Eligible Drivers @ NSW Government

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[NSW] 50% off Licence Renewal Fees for Eligible Drivers @ NSW Government
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Lmdw000 on 15/01/2024 - 14:12 service.nsw.gov.au (6561 clicks)
Last edited 15/01/2024 - 14:40 by 1 other user

This deal has been going for some time but will end on the 17th February 2024. If you have a good driving record, you may be eligible for an automatic 50% discount on your licence renewal fee under the Fair Go for Safe Drivers Scheme.
You can renew your license up to 6 months before expiry and I have just renewed mine that expires after the 17th February 2024 and I still received the 50% discount so worth checking when your license expires and if you can renew early to take advantage of the scheme before it ends.

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  • enyacat on 15/01/2024 - 14:25
    +28

    didn't know it ends…so sad, can't use yet.

    • tonsta on 15/01/2024 - 14:36
      +14

      If you got 1 year left, cut up the license and get 10 year one, it’s a round about way of saving some $$.

      • minty on 15/01/2024 - 18:38

        Mine expires August '24, do I just rock up to RMS and say it's lost? As it's outside of 6 months wouldn't they just replace it for me?

        • enyacat on 15/01/2024 - 18:40
          +3

          No. I know sb. lost driver license and was only able to get a new one with the same expiry date.

        • SnoozeAndLose on 15/01/2024 - 20:48

          you will need $20 for the replacement card with the same expiry date

      • xylarr on 16/01/2024 - 11:11
        +1

        Unless you're too old and can't get a 10 year license any more

      • cumova on 15/01/2024 - 16:33

        If only you remember why this was actually introduced you would probably want to pay full fee.
        Sheep will be sheep.

        • thispasito on 15/01/2024 - 16:38
          +2

          What's the reason?

        • Flyerone on 15/01/2024 - 19:41
          +4

          It's being cancelled so that the 50% discount I was getting for doing the right thing on the roads, can go to help people who got fined for doing the wrong thing.

          Cool.

      • ThithLord on 16/01/2024 - 09:31
        -1

        NPC comment

    • ddhar on 15/01/2024 - 16:31

      Just renewed mine for 5 years. Had I known about the end date, I would have gone for the 10 years option. 😧

      • tonsta on 16/01/2024 - 01:03
        +1

        It’s only for upto a certain age group. I think you had to be under 45 from memory. After that they want to check your eyes every 5 years.

    • Caped Baldy on 15/01/2024 - 17:00

      It was introduced around 2015 when the 10 year licenses came out. So majority of drivers should have been able to taken advantage of this once.

      • kerfuffle on 15/01/2024 - 17:48
        +2

        It was in 2012 that the half-price licence scheme started; I had depression then and didn’t work for a while so half-price licences were most welcome but you could only get a 5-year one back then, so 2015 would have been when the 10-year one was introduced

      • perfectlydark on 15/01/2024 - 19:20
        +1

        i renewed for 10 years last year, unaware the discount was ending soon. glad i did

  • sashatheman on 15/01/2024 - 14:27
    +5

    good think I renewed my license for 10 years.

    • kaikor on 15/01/2024 - 15:08
      +3

      Not for me when you are over 50, they only let me do 5 years last renewal even though my record is so clean.

      • whyisave on 15/01/2024 - 16:12
        +2

        They need to do eyesight tests after certain age, I think.

      • Sharp on 15/01/2024 - 16:40

        When you're over 44 actually

      • Horacio on 15/01/2024 - 18:08

        whatttt? Outrageous!

      • randomusername2017 on 15/01/2024 - 18:47

        Same..20 years clean record and no discount on mandatory 5 year option.

        • Flyerone on 15/01/2024 - 19:44

          I got the discount on the maximum 5 year renewal for over 50 and/or HR licence. Why would you not get the discount?

          • randomusername2017 on 15/01/2024 - 20:05

            @Flyerone:

            1, 3, 5 or 10 years

            Must have changed.. wasn't eligible in 2018 on 5 year when I enquired and didn't automatically get a discount in 2023.

  • kerfuffle on 15/01/2024 - 14:30
    +9

    I didn't know this was ending soon. My 10-year half-price licence isn't due for renewal until 2027

    • freedomofspeech on 15/01/2024 - 14:32
      +1

      May be cheaper if you renew earlier before it ends?

      • currentfad on 15/01/2024 - 14:36
        +3

        You can only renew 6 months prior to expiry I believe in NSW

        • tonsta on 15/01/2024 - 14:40
          +2

          I had a damaged lic (cracked) asked if I could get a replacement, RTA told me it was a renewal and the full fee applies, she promptly grabbed some tape and taped it back for me save me a few $$.

          So I assume if you smash your lic you can just get a new one with new expiry on the discount?

          • kerfuffle on 15/01/2024 - 14:43
            +1

            @tonsta: Yeah not that desperate ha.

          • Eeples on 15/01/2024 - 14:44

            @tonsta: I got a replacement for free.

            I think it depends on how it’s damaged.

          • c9 on 15/01/2024 - 15:53

            @tonsta: Use digital and don't worry about if the plastic is damaged or not

          • cyssero on 15/01/2024 - 16:18
            +1

            @tonsta: I had a cracked one too which is quite common - horizontal across the bottom of where what I assume the mag strip is on the back. Replaced for free and without fuss by Service NSW.

            Prior to this I had clear tape holding it together which did the job, never had an issue with presenting it at RBTs (prior to digital licenses). However - I used it for an overseas car hire and an overzealous American rental clerk made a fuss about it and almost rejected my rental. Only because I had used it for another rental in a different location did he begrudgingly accept it - and made a remark that the other clerk who accepted it had violated policy. Anyway - point being it's good to get a replacement for the rare instance when someone kicks up a fuss about it.

            • salmon123 on 15/01/2024 - 18:00

              @cyssero:

              Replaced for free and without fuss by Service NSW.

              Interesting - I believe there's a $34 fee or something if you claim it's lost/stolen.

              • cyssero on 15/01/2024 - 22:48

                @salmon123: It does say that on the card I believe, but I took it in, showed it and was replaced with no fuss. I still have the cracked card as well.

      • rjams23 on 15/01/2024 - 14:53

        can't renew earlier. Mine exp 2026, and it said not eligible for renewal.

  • OzBaggins on 15/01/2024 - 14:33
    +31

    I got this discount a few years ago and renewed for ten years. Now there's less incentive to go 40 in school zones…

    • abpdroid on 15/01/2024 - 15:04
      -3

      30/20 is the new 40

    • bigmudcake on 15/01/2024 - 15:17

      I would have thought reducing the chance of running over a school kid was incentive enough

      • OzBaggins on 15/01/2024 - 15:54
        +7

        Where's the fun in that?

        • xoom on 15/01/2024 - 15:57
          +1

          Thought you get bonus points for that?

          /GTA

      • krisspy on 15/01/2024 - 16:27
        +1

        *moving speed humps

      • Caped Baldy on 15/01/2024 - 16:31
        +1

        Having to deal with the paperwork is the real drag.

  • easternculture on 15/01/2024 - 14:33

    Probably will be extended

    • OzBaggins on 15/01/2024 - 14:33

      Source?

      • virhlpool on 15/01/2024 - 14:48
        +6

        This offer has been ON for at least last five-six years that I have been aware of it. Also, it makes sense to incentivise safe driving. I will be surprised if this ends permanently.

        • OzBaggins on 15/01/2024 - 14:57

          I'm with you there sister, I hope they extend it

        • FiDad on 15/01/2024 - 15:01

          Mrs and I used this offer in 2016. We are hoping to use in 2026 again so hopefully it does get extended

    • mdw000 on 15/01/2024 - 15:17
      +10

      Its being replaced with a new scheme………..Harold Scruby, CEO of the Pedestrian Council of Australia has decried the “insanity” of a new move by the Minns Labor Government which will make bad drivers rewarded by the state.

      Scruby wrote a scathing editorial of the move by the Labor Government where he slammed the lack of enforcement to punish bad drivers.

      On 17 February 2024, the NSW Government will quietly dump the decades old “Fair Go for Safe Drivers” scheme, which rewarded motorists with $180 (50%) off the cost of a licence renewal for having no demerit points in 5 years. This will penalise the unlucky 3.8 million law abiding NSW drivers (65% of all fully licenced drivers), while Treasury will gross around $135 million each year.

      But in a move that would make Monty Python blush, they have also introduced a “frequent merit points” system. This will reward drivers who have points, by expunging one demerit point, each year, if they drive for a year without any further points.

      • whyisave on 15/01/2024 - 16:16
        +8

        This will reward drivers who have points, by expunging one demerit point,
        each year, if they drive for a year without any further points.

        So, instead of giving discounts for good driving, over a period of 10 years !,
        RMS will 'expunge' 1 demerit point for [sic] bad drivers who drive good for 1 year ?

        • akl977ad on 15/01/2024 - 17:44

          It only makes sense if you give good drivers credit that is say you have 13 points and you didn't offend for 5 years you should be given 18 points.

          Because then if they don't do it it's use it or lose it, punishing good drivers

        • hamwhisperer on 16/01/2024 - 06:51

          Isn't that normal (!?!) I think that's how it works in Vic. Every few years with no infringements, you gain points back?

          • kerfuffle on 16/01/2024 - 06:52

            @hamwhisperer: In NSW, demerit points usually drop off after three years from offence. This new version will drop one point if you don't incur any demerits in a year.

            • xylarr on 16/01/2024 - 11:24
              +1

              @kerfuffle: I bet this idea was proposed by a politician who is missing a bunch of points

          • whyisave on 16/01/2024 - 07:00
            -1

            @hamwhisperer: Not in NSW.
            If you have no infringements…and that's for a period of 10 continuous years,
            then you get 50% off your 10-year driving licence, which is about $180 off, I think.

            If you have infringements, you lose some points.
            Those demerit points stay off your record,
            but after 3-years of good behaviour, you get those demerited points back.

            • kerfuffle on 16/01/2024 - 07:05
              +1

              @whyisave: It's five continuous years, not ten.

            • dione on 16/01/2024 - 11:41
              +1

              @whyisave: Its 3 years and 4 months (40 months) actually

            • Jono05 on 18/01/2024 - 14:05
              +1

              @whyisave: You don’t lose points, you start with zero and gain demerit points for infringements.

              • whyisave on 18/01/2024 - 22:39
                -1

                @Jono05: I don't understand this.

                If I have 13 points in a full licence,
                and I committed a speeding offence in NSW,
                I lose 1 point off those 13 points.

                During double demerits, that offence costs 2 points off my licence.

                So, I have 11 points after I pay the fine,
                and I carry those 11 points,…until 3 years and 4 months,
                of good driving, is when I get those 2 points back.

                • Jono05 on 19/01/2024 - 00:29
                  +2

                  @whyisave: That’s not how it works. You start with zero points. If you get caught low range speeding you get 1 point. During double demerits you get 2 points. When you accumulate 13 points (within 3 years) you lose your licence. Simple.

        • paloverde88 on 17/02/2024 - 11:17
          +1

          if only they 'expunge' credit history inquiries every year - no such luck one simple sign up with telco or siging up with energy company blemishes your credit history for 5 years. Even on inquiries that never came to fruition - whereby you decide to withdraw or decline the credit. No one ever ask the courts to step in to decide if this is legal and acceptable under the law. Toothless privacy commissioner and toothless ACCC

          • whyisave on 17/02/2024 - 14:07

            @paloverde88: Those laws are created and enforced,
            to protect the benefits of those with money,
            to ensure everyone else is in servitude in a debt-driven system.

            The debt creates an obedient society, and any society
            that hasn't fallen into the debt-trap is labelled "not free, nor democractic!"

      • sheikyerbouti on 15/01/2024 - 16:23
        +2

        Boooo. From a zero demerit point driver, this sucks.

        • yama131 on 16/01/2024 - 09:39
          -1

          whats the point of points if you don't use them?? what are people saving them for

      • andresampras on 15/01/2024 - 16:45
        +1

        “frequent merit points”

        I kinda like it. Mini incentives for people who want to be better drivers.

        • tonsta on 16/01/2024 - 11:28

          They won’t be better drivers, they are cash cows for the gov, bad drivers equals more fines. By giving back points it allows the gov to take them back with a fine more frequently.

      • xc on 15/01/2024 - 17:41
        +3

        Pedestrian Council of Australia has only one member

        • zombie hunter on 17/01/2024 - 17:02

          5.9 million cars and one pedestrian, not good odds….

  • thisusernameistaken on 15/01/2024 - 14:33
    +1

    Anything similar for QLD?

    • OzBaggins on 15/01/2024 - 14:34
      +41

      This is a NSW thread get outta here bucko

      • s1kr on 15/01/2024 - 14:44

        Never !

    • Kozhutki on 15/01/2024 - 14:52
      -8

      i guess we're just naturally better drivers so they need to offer this for the swine living down south to encourage them to drive better

      • thisusernameistaken on 15/01/2024 - 14:55
        +2

        As if the speeding cameras every 30 mins or so on the highway wasn't enough

      • CauseNEffect on 15/01/2024 - 20:49

        Likely due to extra head.. gotta be god for something, eh.

    • Flyerone on 15/01/2024 - 19:46

      There is, but every maniac in QLD has at least 1 demerit so it has never been applied.

    • superuser on 17/02/2024 - 12:54

      Registration in qld is cheaper than in nsw!

  • Guybrush57 on 15/01/2024 - 14:37
    +5

    Why would they end this?

    • phamaroo on 15/01/2024 - 14:39
      +12

      $$$

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