Driver licence and renewals
The Queensland Government has introduced a graduated licensing system to help reduce fatalities on the roads—particularly among young drivers. The aim of the system is to encourage safer, more proficient drivers and riders.Queensland's graduated licensing system recognises the need for drivers and riders to hold a particular class of licence for a set period of time before being able to upgrade to the next class of licence
This arrangement gives learner drivers and riders the opportunity to improve their skills and develop acceptable and safe driving behaviour with a lower class of vehicle before driving or riding more demanding vehicles.
The getting a licence section of this website has more information about the graduated licensing system and how to obtain a licence.
The renewing a licence section of this website has more information about renewing a Queensland driver licence.
For more information about applying for a driver licence read the All about applying for a driver licence (PDF**, 250KB) brochure.
**While this department has taken every possible precaution with the creation of these files, they are downloaded and used at your own risk. Adobe Reader is required to open and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files and is free to download from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. Various tools to enable access to these files for people using a screen reader can be found at http://access.adobe.com. Further information is available from our "Help with downloading, reading and printing PDF" web page.
Last updated 21 April 2008
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