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Well, looks like not going to Roll’d is a good cop. There are a bunch of them on there.

Great showing from Bankstown and Burwood, with the consistent representation from Bondi Junction we've come to expect - you love to see that kind of commitment. Blacktown is down to one, that's a new move. Campsie has also come out of nowhere with a generous showing, Lakemba and Revesby as well.

Roll'd, I'm not surprised but I am disappointed.

Raise a beer to a much celebrated man

It's been called already. Well done NSW! We did it

Love Antony G, a real G back in the day, Political Activist Extrodinaire, Community elder.

Under his eye.

Stay a bit longer Ant. Please

Hi there, I bought a new car in 2022 and just got my first Green Slip renewal letter in the mail, with Allianz, quoting $733 for the yearly renewal.

I went online to the comparison website, filled out my details, and got quoted around the $430-$450 mark (Allianz being one of them lol).

Naturally I'd prefer to pay the $400 rather than the $700. But a bit confused at how there is such a massive difference. I filled out the questions on the comparison site honestly!

Anyone experienced the same? Is this mark up just to catch out people who auto renew and don't think to check?

Do not use the renewal sent by your current CTP insurer if it exceeds the cheapest premium you can find on [https://www.greenslips.nsw.gov.au/](https://www.greenslips.nsw.gov.au/)

Even if it is the same insurance company, you can simply create a new CTP policy at the lowest rate and ignore the renewal.

This is common practice with insurance companies. They offer a cheaper price to new customers, renewals cost a lot more than they should because most people will just pay it

The comparison tools spit out (typically) the best case quote to get you interested, but it often changes once you go through a real quote and declare your circumstances, demerit points, claims history etc.

Honestly, get a quote from NRMA, QBE, Youi, all of em. Takes five mins and will be the only way to know your actual options.

Edit: shitty typos, soz

If it was done by car yard it may be a commercial one the one you filled in is private. Check your current policy. There will be a difference.

Biggest cause of this is if you include other younger drivers on the CTP or not. That's about the difference I see with or without my kids.

This is the correct answer. It’s a government run comparison website, so not some third party comparison website taking commissions or having vested interests. Be sure to answer all the questions honestly and correctly.

So dodgy!

Thanks! I've just generated the quote with Allianz and its still saying $455 with all details filled out correctly... the difference in price is so bizarre!

Yeah the policy is just for me

Weird and disappointing - new v existing customer discount type shite?

The one for renewal, it's for the right usage type, postcode, etc?

Haven't got one in business or with old address or something?

I put in all the details as I knew them honestly. The green slip comparison tool had 5 different insurers all with very similar prices. Allianz sent me a renewal notice in the mail and the quote was $733, while their comparison quote was $455. So I paid that!

My only guess is that the place where I purchased the car (Ryde Kia) filled out details incorrectly when initially setting up the green slip details for me (they'd listed the age I obtained my full license as 28, but I obtained it at 21). Not sure if that has a major baring as I am now 33, almost 34.

It probably would, as that's the difference of 5 years experience versus 12.

Snippets on twitter are very funny, i want to see more.

Yeah it was hilarious to watch the Liberals implode in real time. You can watch the whole thing on Flash

Have you got some links to the stuff that's on Twitter?

If you know someone with Foxtel, you could find it for the next few hours by highlighting it on the bottom of the screen and pressing the red button

https://twitter.com/SarkySage/status/1639556109508952064?cxt=HHwWgIDSiYnm78AtAAAA

So,

Was riding my bike with a pillion passenger while on green p’s the other week. We weren’t speeding. We weren’t revving the bike for attention. Weren’t weaving in and out of traffic, or filtering or anything of the sort.

However, as they sometimes do, the p plate on the back of my back had come off. You could still see the plastic attached to the zip ties, and plastic clip on the back of the bike to stop it coming off. I didn’t even realise it had come off until the hwypatrol officer pointed it out.

He thought also, that anyone riding with with a pillion must have a full license, which isn’t correct, and when asked if I could show it, I pointed to the nsw services website, where restrictions for p1 holders include pillions, however this restriction isn’t listed for p2 holders. Was actually the original reason he pulled me over.

So we sat in the back of his car for quite awhile, while he looked through his infringement system, the riders handbook, the website and eventually the legislation (which I read on account of when I first moved to NSW from QLD my car license was on p2’s and I wanted to know about the speed limit restriction thing), and found nothing to support him on pillion restrictions for p2 riders, said he’d let me on my way, but that I’d be getting a $283 ticket and 2 demerit points for the p plate. Despite, carrying a spare and fixing it as soon as noticed.

This seems extraordinarily excessive, and as I’m about to move up to Queensland in a week, I can’t really ask for leniency in court when I’m a million miles away working. In today’s economy, that’s a hell of a lot of money, and considering that in Queensland I’m instantly upgraded to a rider class (re) o almost pointless.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Money’s bloody tight, time even tighter.

This post isn’t me saying f*ck the police, just a bit annoyed I’m being railroaded over something I fixed on the spot, despite being on my best behaviour to!

Lodge a request for review with Revenue NSW. If this is a first offence and was only one plate missing there is a chance you could get a warning. Or you could take it to court.

You've had this experience and you're still not saying 'fuck the police'?

You literally just copped a fine because some revenue raiser took it as a personal sleight that you knew their job better than they did.

Yeah, Australian coppers aren’t as bad as we’re seeing in the US, but seriously - fuck that guy.

F\*K the police, i'll say it.

Ring up revenue NSW (what a name), and ask them for a time to pay plan. Pay them back at $25 a fortnight and they'll be happy.

Surprised they didn't add littering to the infringement notice.

If you've a clean record, ring Revenue and explain that you had a spare which was attached whilst stopped, and you feel it was unfair. If it's your first/only offence, they will waive it for you. Be nice, be polite. Remember this person just works in the Call Centre and cannot be blamed for over-zealous police officers.

It's pure revenue raising and they won't be there for you when you need them. FTP.

You can get out of most fines by writing a polite letter explaining your side of events.

Sorry but all people on motor bikes, cycles and scooters should be fined just for their idiotic choice of transportation.

What a fucking pig

>Was actually the original reason he pulled me over.

Just to clarify, this isnt USA, they can pull you over for a licence check, ie **any reason**. They dont need probable cause.

>You could still see the plastic attached to the zip ties, and plastic clip on the back of the bike to stop it coming off.

Not saying you did this, but the "oh it fell off" is the oldest trick in the book. Get a proper mount.

I second this.

A friend was caught speeding when we were on a road trip, but the police officer was actually very sympathetic and decent about it. She was on a country road where the speed limit wasn't particularly obvious. He told her to request a review, and gave detailed advice.

You have a clean record so far, this is your first offence. Emphasise that you had a spare plate too. You made contingency plans to do the right thing, if you lost a plate mid-journey.

I reckon there may be some bias against bike riders too.

Good luck.

>Only one plate was missing

How many P plates do you think a bike needs? ;-)

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F@#K that. Ring Revenue, tell them what happened and ask for leniency.

This isn’t even revenue raising. It’s a straight up “proving a cop wrong” fee. Absolute bullshit move by an insecure arsehole of a cop.

All people driving a car should be fined for each shoulder check they don't do but we don't live in a perfect world now do we

...Says the fuckwit with the username /u/pillpopper30

People in glass houses, and all that.

As I stated in my original post, you could see the old p plate still attached partially. As for reasons to be pulled over, they do in fact require a reason to pull you over, but a random breath test is usually a good start. Otherwise, with the rate nswhp pull people over, if they were to have no reason, grounds for a harassment complaint become quite solid quite quick. Thirdly, with regards to the “oh it fell off” last I checked, you are still innocent until proven guilty, otherwise, such as in this case where a person is genuinely innocent, you’re bagging someone out over something they have or haven’t done irrespective of their actions. It tends to go down hill quickly if this attitude then spreads to more serious accusations.

It does, if

A) the group is a specific selection of the population based on psychological or behavioural traits (like, for example, propensity for an authoritative mindset that responds negatively when challenged)

B) the group is trained, instructed or held to a standard, vocational or cultural, that promotes that behaviour (like, for example, vocational training and standards on revenue KPIs, or cultural biases against motorcycle riders)

> but a random breath test is usually a good start.

Cool so we’ve established it wasnt an illegal stop

> with regards to the “oh it fell off” last I checked, you are still innocent until proven guilty,

Yeah, they looked at the back of your bike, and it wasnt there (or partially there). That makes you guilty.

I think its amusing that you think you’re completely innocent, but not willing to fight the cause because its too hard.

Hello, I'm looking to sell some electric motors, AC inverters, induction motor etc. most are brand new or barley used. I tried eBay and Gumtree with no luck. Anyone knows of a scrapyard or similar place that would buy them? Thanks

Try one of the auction houses. Lloyds Auctions are fairly straight forward. It will take a few weeks but it should maximise return.

Sims Metal? [https://www.simsmm.com/sell-to-us/materials-we-accept/](https://www.simsmm.com/sell-to-us/materials-we-accept/)

My brother-in-law used to collect up scrap and sell it to them for a bit of cash, and we took some pool fencing along once.

>Lloyds Auctions

Thank you :)

Thanks, but these are almost brand new machines, I do not want them to go to waste. I'll try to sell them first for someone who can use them, otherwise it'll be recycling

Also check out Grays Online. https://www.grays.com/sell

Cool, yeah it definitely sounds like they could be useful to someone, sometimes it's about timing. Hope you can find the right buyer!

Thank you :)

We all know Sydney gets an outsized share of govt attention, even more than its outsized share of population would demand.

There's now a trend of “secondary” cities building substantial transport projects around Australia, e.g, light rails in the Gold Coast, Canberra and Newcastle (and, in a sense, Parramatta).

Where else in NSW other than greater Sydney deserves a massive uplift in local transport infrastructure? What would you like to see?

High speed rail from Newcastle to Sydney. Hopefully with a stop at Woy Woy.

We need the opal card to be usable all thru NSW. And maybe make Northern NSW like tweed heads get the Gocard instead since they are so close to QLD anyway. And on that note make the G:LINK tram go down to Tweed Heads After the airport

Regular train services from Dubbo to Sydney. It's not fair the regions have to wait every few days for a train

I think the gov recently decided to upgrade the princes highway instead of building a tunnel from Thirroul to Waterfall. The south coast line is the only line that matches the car in travel time, so this would have moved loads of people off the road.

Better rail link, preferable high speed between Wollongong and Sydney.