Overview
- Double demerits apply from Friday, January 23, to Monday, January 26, across New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Western Australia, with officers highly visible on roads.
- Doubled points target speeding, illegal mobile phone use, seatbelt and child restraint breaches, and riding without a helmet, with WA also covering drink or drug driving and red‑light offences.
- In Western Australia, penalties during the period reach up to 14 demerit points for speeding, eight for phone use or seatbelt offences, and six for running a red light.
- New South Wales drivers using a phone face a $423 fine ($562 in school zones) and 10 demerit points, and statewide mobile phone detection cameras are operating.
- Queensland applies double demerits year‑round only for repeat offences within 12 months, while South Australia, Victoria, the Northern Territory and Tasmania do not run double demerit schemes.