Demerit points last for three years on your licence – from the date of offence – no matter which state or territory you live in. NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia ...

Drivers are taking to online marketplaces to sell demerit points for traffic offences in a desperate bid to keep their licences. The black market scheme sees drivers admit to the traffic crimes ...

SCIENCE, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Minister Daryl Vaz says consideration is being made to remove demerit points for static offences under the new Road Traffic Act as, when ...

A post in a Melbourne Facebook group has offered drivers the chance to pay $500 or more to offload their demerit points onto a stranger – a practice that is an offence around Australia.

A run-in with the law usually means you’ve done something wrong and are facing a penalty as a punishment, which typically consists of a monetary fine and some demerit points. But what are demerit ...

Double demerit points are set to be enforced in some states in the coming days. A common myth is that Christmas double demerit points are applied throughout Australia for the entire summer holiday ...

Don’t scrap the Demerit Points System. President of road traffic management NGO Arrive Alive Sharon Inglefield made the suggestion yesterday, saying the system should be improved instead.