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# How QLD's Bold Move to Increase Rego
- URL: https://www.carexplore.com.au/how-qlds-bold-move-to-increase-rego/
- Published: 2025-05-03T13:17:28.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-03T13:17:28.000Z
- Description: QLD drivers face a 3.4% fee increase from September 2025, ending the rego freeze and impacting licences, registration, and more.
- Author: Dylan Anderson
- Tags: Car News, Queensland

All [Queensland](https://www.carexplore.com.au/tag/queensland/) state government fees and charges, including vehicle registration, are set to rise by 3.4 per cent from the next financial year, the new LNP government has confirmed.

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The increase will apply from July 1 for most charges and from September 16 for vehicle registration, following the conclusion of the existing 20 per cent rego discount introduced by the previous Labor government.

### What Will Change?

The 3.4 per cent annual hike will be locked in for each year of the LNP government’s first term. This will impact a range of state government costs, such as:

- Vehicle registration
- Driver’s licences
- Other state-administered services

### Rego Costs: Before and After

For example, the cost to register a four-cylinder vehicle will change as follows:

- **Current discounted rate** (until Sept 16): $288.45
- **Frozen base rate**: $360.60
- **New rate after 3.4% increase**: approximately $372.85

For five- or six-cylinder vehicles:

- **Discounted rate**: $456.75
- **Frozen base rate**: $570.95
- **New rate after 3.4% increase**: approximately $590.35

Although the discount continues until September, the increase will apply to the frozen base fee afterward.

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### Broader Revenue Impacts

According to Treasury projections:

- **Revenue from motor vehicle registrations in 2024-25**: $2.081 billion (with discount)
- **Forecast revenue post-discount in 2025-26**: $2.507 billion

The government is banking on this revenue to fund key infrastructure and services.

### Other Fees and Licences

Driver’s licences are among the other state fees rising:

- **Five-year licence**: $198.35 → approx. $205.10

These changes come alongside other cost-of-living strategies announced by the LNP, such as:

- [Making 50-cent public transport fares permanent](https://www.carexplore.com.au/qlds-50c-fares-is-it-actually-working/)
- Abolishing stamp duty on new home builds for first-time buyers

### Budget Coming in June

Treasurer David Janetzki is expected to hand down the new government’s first budget in June 2025\. The increase in fees is one part of a broader financial strategy aiming to stabilise revenue while maintaining essential public services.

Motorists are encouraged to check their eligibility for the existing discount before it expires and to plan for the upcoming increases.

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