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Australia does not work that way. Commercial bail bonding does not exist here, no one sells bail, and no court publishes a schedule of prices by offence. Bail in New South Wales is governed by the Bail Act 2013 (NSW), and the question is not how much you can pay but whether releasing you poses an unacceptable risk.

A final apprehended domestic violence order runs for the period the court specifies, defaulting to two years if none is specified, or one year if you were under 18 when the application was first made. A final apprehended personal violence order defaults to 12 months, while provisional and interim orders have no fixed end date and continue until the court deals with the matter.

The penalties for a first offence drink driving in NSW depend entirely on which prescribed concentration of alcohol range you fall into. A first low, special or novice range offence can be dealt with by an on-the-spot penalty notice of $704 and a three-month licence suspension.

A Bundaberg truckie is celebrating a win, after fronting court this morning to contest a $1688 Safe-T-Cam fine for going over the centre white line to avoid an obstacle, while carrying an oversize load.

Very few fully appreciate the impact of a Supervisory Intervention Order (SIO) until one lands on their desk.

The Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) sets out obligations for operators, drivers, schedulers and others in the Chain of Responsibility (CoR).

After making a delivery at Port Botany, veteran truckie Kerryn Woods was left with no other option but to park in a nearby industrial street for his mandated fatigue break.

One of the amendments to the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) commencing on August 1, 2026 has attracted very little attention. It relates to improvement notices.

If you’re an accredited party and your safety policy hasn’t been touched since the day it was typed, that approach will not survive what’s coming.

When a serious safety incident occurs, both the NHVR and state WorkSafe regulators are now routinely testing whether company officers have exercised due diligence, not just whether the business had policies on paper.