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When double demerits come into effect in your state
Double demerit points apply for repeated offences like speeding and mobile phone use during the holiday period to reduce crashes, with nearly 3,000 speeding offences detected so far.
- From 12:01am Wednesday, December 24, 2025, motorists in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory face double demerit points for speeding, mobile phone use, seatbelt and helmet offences through Sunday, January 4, 2026.
- Yasmin Catley urged drivers to take responsibility as the scheme was announced, noting almost 3000 speeding, 231 drink‑driving, and 489 drug‑driving offences detected during Operation Christmas and New Year that began on December 19, 2025.
- A first mobile phone offence typically attracts 4 demerit points, and repeat offences within 12 months draw double points plus fines of $423 or $562 in school zones.
- Thousands of motorists will face heavier penalties over the holiday period, with double demerits applying to drivers from New South Wales, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory regardless of interstate travel.
- Some jurisdictions — Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory — do not enforce double demerits, while Queensland applies year‑round double points for repeat offences; a second period runs Friday, 23 January to Monday, 26 January, amid a 2025 national road fatality rate of 4.8 deaths per 100,000.
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'If you knew your life was going to end in a crash, what would you do differently?'
NSW Police: Newcastle Hunter highway patrol urge safe driving as holiday road toll rises. Double demerits in force from December 24 to January 4.
·Newcastle, Australia
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