how much does a driving test cost in australia

There is no single national price. The New South Wales driving test is $72 including GST for each attempt, and the Queensland practical test is $69.40 including GST for each attempt, both from those governments' licence fee pages effective 1 July 2026. Western Australia includes the first Practical Driving Assessment in the $150.80 permit fee, then does not publish later assessment fees. VicRoads charges $75.30 per sitting for the Victorian drive test, including the $22.10 appointment fee. South Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory have no verified practical test fee here.

how much is the nsw driving test

The New South Wales driving test is $72 including GST, charged for each attempt, under the New South Wales Government fee schedule effective 1 July 2026. A clean run to a P1 licence also includes a $32 learner licence, a $58 Driver Knowledge Test, a $58 Hazard Perception Test, and a $74 P1 licence, which is $294. One failed knowledge test in person plus one failed driving test takes that to $424, or $366 if the knowledge stage was DKT Online.

what if i fail my driving test how much extra

In New South Wales another driving test is another $72. In Queensland another practical test is another $69.40. Both amounts are from the state fee schedules effective 1 July 2026. If you also failed the New South Wales knowledge test once in person, you pay $130 more than the $294 clean run, which is $424, or $366 if the knowledge stage was DKT Online. Western Australia does not publish the fee for a Practical Driving Assessment after the first one, even though only 42.3 per cent of 244,557 assessments passed in freedom of information release 2026-0140.

is the wa driving test included in the learner permit

Yes. Western Australia is the only jurisdiction that bundles the first Practical Driving Assessment into the learner's permit application, which the Department of Transport Western Australia prices at $150.80. With the first Computerised Theory Test at $22.40, the published entry fees are $173.20. The printed log book is $10.70 and optional. Hazard perception costs extra: $29.90 for the first sitting and $24.10 for each resit. Further practical assessments after the first are not published here.

qld provisional licence 1 year or 5 years cost

The one year Queensland provisional licence is $94.65. The five year term is $212.00, which works out at $42.40 a year, against $94.65 for a single year, on the Queensland Government licence fees page effective 1 July 2026. The longer term costs $117.35 more at the counter but spares you renewing for four more years. Queensland also sells 2, 3 and 4 year terms at $132.00, $163.25 and $188.95. A clean run with the one year term is $316.60 in government fees, including the $42.70 hazard perception test. One failed practical test makes that $386.00 before any lesson.

how much is the vic driving test fee

The Victorian drive test is $75.30 per sitting, which is $53.20 for the test plus a $22.10 appointment fee, as set out on the VicRoads Ls and Ps fees page. The same page lists $50.80 for the Car Learner Permit Test in person and $44.00 for the Hazard Perception Test in person, with the first online attempt at each free. The probationary licence fee is still unpublished here. Victoria passed 72.2 per cent of 492,504 drive tests from January 2024 to April 2026, released under freedom of information.

are driving lessons included in licence fees australia

No. Instructors set their own lesson prices and no government schedule covers them, so lessons are left out of every total. The New South Wales Safer Drivers Course is also priced by approved providers, not by the agency, and it buys 20 log book hours. South Australia's competency based training and assessment pathway is priced by the instructor. Government totals on this page, including the $386.00 Toowoomba bill, cover agency fees only.

How much does it cost to get a licence in Australia?

A clean run of published government fees comes to $294 in New South Wales and $316.60 in Queensland with a one year provisional licence, including the separate $42.70 Queensland hazard perception test. Those are the only two jurisdictions where every required car-licence fee in this guide has a current agency figure. Driving lessons sit outside every total and are almost always the larger cost.

The New South Wales total is from the New South Wales Government driver and rider licence fees page, effective 1 July 2026. The Queensland total is from the Queensland Government licence fees page, also effective 1 July 2026, with the hazard perception fee taken from the Queensland Government car hazard perception test page. Western Australia's published entry fees come to $173.20.

Nothing on this page is a quote. Fees change, concessions exist that are not modelled, and a private instructor sets lesson prices. Confirm the current amount with the agency before you pay. You can build your own bill with the licence cost calculator, which uses the same published lines.

Which fees do you pay once?

A learner licence and a provisional licence are charged when the document is issued, not each time you sit a test. In New South Wales the learner licence is $32 and the P1 licence is $74, on the New South Wales Government driver and rider licence fees page effective 1 July 2026.

Queensland charges PrepL at $29.70 for 12 months of access, covering the course and the assessment, a learner licence at $80.15 issued for 3 years, and a provisional licence at $94.65 for one year, or $132.00, $163.25, $188.95 and $212.00 for 2, 3, 4 and 5 year terms, as listed on the Queensland Government licence fees page effective 1 July 2026. Queensland's car hazard perception test is a separate online test, not part of PrepL, taken after at least 6 months on a learner licence and passed before booking the practical test. It is $42.70 as at 1 July 2026, on the Queensland Government car hazard perception test page, and this guide counts it once. Victoria lists the learner permit issue as free on the VicRoads Ls and Ps fees page, with a note that the issue fee is waived under the Motorist Package and Safe Driver Discount.

Which fees do you pay for every sitting?

In New South Wales the in person Driver Knowledge Test is $58, the Hazard Perception Test is $58, and the driving test is $72 including GST, each charged again if you fail, under the New South Wales Government fee schedule effective 1 July 2026. Sit the knowledge test twice in person and you pay $116 for that stage.

Queensland prices the car practical test at $69.40 including GST for each attempt, on its licence fees page effective 1 July 2026. South Australia charges $40 for each theory attempt, online through myLs or in person at Service SA. The Western Australian Department of Transport charges $22.40 for the first Computerised Theory Test and $19.20 for each resit. The VicRoads Ls and Ps fees page lists $50.80 for the Car Learner Permit Test in person, $44.00 for the Hazard Perception Test in person and $75.30 for the drive test, each including a $22.10 appointment fee. Online, the first attempt at each computer test is free. A later online permit test attempt is $28.70, and a later online Hazard Perception attempt is $22.10 on the fees page but $20.70 on the VicRoads Hazard Perception Test page, which disagree.

What does a failed test add to the bill?

A New South Wales learner who passes every test first time pays $32 for the learner licence, $58 for the Driver Knowledge Test, $58 for the Hazard Perception Test, $72 for the driving test and $74 for the P1 licence, which is $294. Fail the knowledge test once in person and fail the driving test once, then pass both on the second sitting, and the bill is $32 plus $58 plus $58 plus $58 plus $72 plus $72 plus $74, which is $424. That is $130 more than the clean run, using the New South Wales Government fees effective 1 July 2026.

Take DKT Online at $58 for unlimited attempts instead of paying $58 twice in person, and the same path costs $366 rather than $424, a saving of $58. A Queensland clean run with a one year provisional licence is PrepL $29.70, learner licence $80.15, hazard perception test $42.70, practical test $69.40 and provisional licence $94.65, which is $316.60. One failed practical test adds another $69.40 and takes the bill to $386.00, using the Queensland Government licence fees effective 1 July 2026 and its separate hazard perception fee. A Victorian learner who sits the three tests in person and passes each first time pays $50.80 plus $44.00 plus $75.30, which is $170.10, before the probationary licence fee this guide does not hold.

Queensland's statewide practical pass rate is about 61 per cent, and New South Wales is about 56 per cent, according to this site's comparison data. Western Australia passed 42.3 per cent of 244,557 practical driving assessments at 22 centres, from Department of Transport freedom of information release 2026-0140. Two failed theory tests before a pass cost $22.40 plus $19.20 plus $19.20, which is $60.80 on the theory test alone. Rates for individual centres are on the driving test pass rates page.

Which permit includes the first practical test?

Western Australia is the only jurisdiction that bundles the first Practical Driving Assessment into the permit fee. The learner's permit application is $150.80 and includes that first assessment, according to the Department of Transport Western Australia. Add the first Computerised Theory Test at $22.40 and the two published entry fees come to $173.20. A printed learner log book is $10.70 and optional, because Learn and Log inside the ServiceWA app is free.

The Hazard Perception Test is $29.90 for the first sitting and $24.10 for each resit, on the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure page, and it sits outside the $173.20 entry total. Further Practical Driving Assessments after the first are not published here. Midland sits at 28.3 per cent and Cannington at 56.4 per cent in the same 2026-0140 release. A $173.20 entry total is not a licence total, and it should not be compared with the New South Wales $294 or the Queensland $316.60 as if it were.

Which fees are not published here?

Tasmania's knowledge test is free through Service Tasmania, and that is the only Tasmanian fee verified here. The practical driving assessment and the licence issue fee are not published here. The Northern Territory Government lists a $20 knowledge test fee, covered by $110 DriveSafe NT enrolment, on its fee page. The Australian Capital Territory has one confirmed fee here: its online Hazard Perception Test is free on the first attempt and $27.90 for each further attempt, as the ACT Safe Plates Testing page shows. Its other fees are not published here because the Access Canberra fee pages did not return. The state by state comparison shows the same gaps.

A Toowoomba bill, line by line

If you learn to drive in Toowoomba, Queensland, you start with PrepL at $29.70, covering the course and the assessment for 12 months, at the Queensland Government fees effective 1 July 2026. You then pay $80.15 for a learner licence issued for 3 years. Before you can book the Q-SAFE practical driving test, you need at least 6 months on that learner licence and a pass in the separate hazard perception test at $42.70. Fail the practical test once at $69.40 including GST, pass on the second attempt at another $69.40, and take the one year provisional licence at $94.65.

The government total is $29.70 plus $80.15 plus $42.70 plus $69.40 plus $69.40 plus $94.65, which is $386.00. That is the Queensland clean run of $316.60 plus one extra practical attempt. Choosing the five year provisional term at $212.00 instead of the one year at $94.65 adds $117.35 up front, covers four more years, and works out at $42.40 a year.

The same bill in eight short paragraphs

New South Wales. Published: learner licence $32 once, in person Driver Knowledge Test $58 each attempt or DKT Online $58 for unlimited attempts, Hazard Perception Test $58 each attempt, driving test $72 including GST each attempt, P1 licence $74 once. Totals: $294 clean, $424 with one in person knowledge fail and one driving fail, $366 if that path uses DKT Online. Source: New South Wales Government driver and rider licence fees, effective 1 July 2026. Practical pass rate about 56 per cent statewide, from this site's comparison data.

Victoria. Published: learner permit issue free, Car Learner Permit Test $50.80 in person including the $22.10 appointment fee or free on the first online attempt, Hazard Perception Test $44.00 in person or free on the first online attempt, sat before the drive test, and drive test $75.30 each sitting including the appointment fee. Totals: $50.80 plus $44.00 plus $75.30, which is $170.10, for the three tests passed first time in person, or $0 plus $0 plus $75.30, which is $75.30, with both computer tests passed online first time. Missing: the probationary licence fee. Source: VicRoads Ls and Ps fees page. Statewide drive test pass rate 72.2 per cent across 492,504 tests from January 2024 to April 2026, released under freedom of information.

Queensland. Published: PrepL $29.70 for the course and assessment with 12 months of access, learner licence $80.15 issued for 3 years, practical driving test for a car $69.40 including GST each attempt, provisional licence $94.65 for one year or $132.00, $163.25, $188.95 and $212.00 for 2, 3, 4 and 5 year terms. Separate car hazard perception test $42.70 as at 1 July 2026. Totals: $316.60 on a clean run with the one year provisional licence, $386.00 with one failed practical test. Source: Queensland Government licence fees, effective 1 July 2026. Statewide practical pass rate about 61 per cent, from this site's comparison data.

Western Australia. Published: Computerised Theory Test $22.40 first sitting and $19.20 each resit, learner's permit application $150.80 including one Practical Driving Assessment, optional printed learner log book $10.70, Hazard Perception Test $29.90 first sitting and $24.10 each resit, per the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure. Missing: every Practical Driving Assessment after the first. Entry total, without hazard perception: $173.20. Two failed theory tests before a pass cost $60.80 on theory alone. Source: Department of Transport Western Australia, get your learner's permit. Practical pass rate 42.3 per cent across 244,557 assessments at 22 centres, Midland 28.3 per cent, Cannington 56.4 per cent, freedom of information release 2026-0140.

South Australia. Published: theory test $40 each attempt, the same online through myLs or in person at Service SA. Hazard perception test $37, which online through mySAGOV covers 12 months from enrolment with as many online attempts as needed at no additional cost, or $37 for each attempt in person at certain Service SA centres, as the SA.GOV.AU hazard perception test page describes. Missing: the Driving Companion printed log book, the Vehicle On Road Test, and the provisional licence. Source: Service SA theory test information recorded in this site's facts file. No verified practical pass rate is held.

Tasmania. Published: knowledge test free, booked through Service Tasmania, the only free theory test of the eight. Missing: the practical driving assessment and the licence issue fee. Source: Service Tasmania knowledge test information recorded in this site's facts file. No statewide practical pass rate with a named Tasmanian publisher is held here, so no rate is used to price a resit.

Northern Territory. Published: the knowledge test costs $20, covered by $110 DriveSafe NT enrolment, according to the Northern Territory Government fee page. Missing: a single practical assessment fee, because candidates outside DriveSafe NT pay an authorised examiner directly. There is no verified practical pass rate here.

Australian Capital Territory. Published: online Hazard Perception Test free on the first attempt and $27.90 for each further attempt, on the ACT Safe Plates Testing page. Missing: every other priced line, because the Access Canberra fee pages did not return when we checked them. There is no runnable Australian Capital Territory total, and no verified practical pass rate. A blank row is the accurate record.

Why is this not a quote?

Driving lessons are almost always the largest cost of getting a licence, and they are a private market with no published government schedule, so no honest figure for them can be given here. New South Wales has a Safer Drivers Course run by approved providers who set their own prices, so there is no published figure, even though the course buys 20 log book hours.

Concessions exist for some card holders, including in New South Wales, and they are not modelled here. A learner who holds a concession card should read the agency fee page, not this total. Fees also change: the New South Wales and Queensland figures are the amounts effective 1 July 2026, and they will move again, so the figure on the agency page on the day you pay is the one that counts.

Common questions

Question: how much does a driving test cost in australia; There is no single national price. The New South Wales driving test is $72 including GST for each attempt, and the Queensland practical test is $69.40 including GST for each attempt, both from those governments' licence fee pages effective 1 July 2026. Western Australia includes the first Practical Driving Assessment in the $150.80 permit fee, then does not publish later assessment fees. VicRoads charges $75.30 per sitting for the Victorian drive test, including the $22.10 appointment fee. South Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory have no verified practical test fee here.
Question: how much is the nsw driving test; The New South Wales driving test is $72 including GST, charged for each attempt, under the New South Wales Government fee schedule effective 1 July 2026. A clean run to a P1 licence also includes a $32 learner licence, a $58 Driver Knowledge Test, a $58 Hazard Perception Test, and a $74 P1 licence, which is $294. One failed knowledge test in person plus one failed driving test takes that to $424, or $366 if the knowledge stage was DKT Online.
Question: what if i fail my driving test how much extra; In New South Wales another driving test is another $72. In Queensland another practical test is another $69.40. Both amounts are from the state fee schedules effective 1 July 2026. If you also failed the New South Wales knowledge test once in person, you pay $130 more than the $294 clean run, which is $424, or $366 if the knowledge stage was DKT Online. Western Australia does not publish the fee for a Practical Driving Assessment after the first one, even though only 42.3 per cent of 244,557 assessments passed in freedom of information release 2026-0140.
Question: is the wa driving test included in the learner permit; Yes. Western Australia is the only jurisdiction that bundles the first Practical Driving Assessment into the learner's permit application, which the Department of Transport Western Australia prices at $150.80. With the first Computerised Theory Test at $22.40, the published entry fees are $173.20. The printed log book is $10.70 and optional. Hazard perception costs extra: $29.90 for the first sitting and $24.10 for each resit. Further practical assessments after the first are not published here.
Question: qld provisional licence 1 year or 5 years cost; The one year Queensland provisional licence is $94.65. The five year term is $212.00, which works out at $42.40 a year, against $94.65 for a single year, on the Queensland Government licence fees page effective 1 July 2026. The longer term costs $117.35 more at the counter but spares you renewing for four more years. Queensland also sells 2, 3 and 4 year terms at $132.00, $163.25 and $188.95. A clean run with the one year term is $316.60 in government fees, including the $42.70 hazard perception test. One failed practical test makes that $386.00 before any lesson.
Question: how much is the vic driving test fee; The Victorian drive test is $75.30 per sitting, which is $53.20 for the test plus a $22.10 appointment fee, as set out on the VicRoads Ls and Ps fees page. The same page lists $50.80 for the Car Learner Permit Test in person and $44.00 for the Hazard Perception Test in person, with the first online attempt at each free. The probationary licence fee is still unpublished here. Victoria passed 72.2 per cent of 492,504 drive tests from January 2024 to April 2026, released under freedom of information.
Question: does tasmania charge for the knowledge test; No. The Tasmanian knowledge test is free, booked through Service Tasmania, according to the Service Tasmania information recorded in this site's facts file. The practical driving assessment and the licence issue fee are not published here, so a free knowledge test is not a free path to a licence. No statewide Tasmanian practical pass rate with a named publisher is held here, and no rate is used to guess the missing fees.
Question: are driving lessons included in licence fees australia; No. Instructors set their own lesson prices and no government schedule covers them, so lessons are left out of every total. The New South Wales Safer Drivers Course is also priced by approved providers, not by the agency, and it buys 20 log book hours. South Australia's competency based training and assessment pathway is priced by the instructor. Government totals on this page, including the $386.00 Toowoomba bill, cover agency fees only.

Sources

NSW Government, Driver and rider licence feesChecked 3 September 2026
Queensland Government, Licence feesChecked 15 September 2026
Queensland Government: Car hazard perception testChecked 15 September 2026
Department of Transport WA, Get your learner's permitChecked 3 September 2026
Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure: Sit a Hazard Perception TestChecked 15 September 2026
VicRoads licencesChecked 3 September 2026
VicRoads: Ls and Ps feesChecked 15 September 2026
VicRoads: Hazard Perception TestChecked 15 September 2026
SA.GOV.AU: Hazard perception test (HPT)Checked 15 September 2026
ACT Safe Plates Testing: Hazard Perception TestChecked 15 September 2026
SA.GOV.AU licencesChecked 3 September 2026
Northern Territory Government, driver licenceChecked 3 September 2026

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How much does it cost to get a licence in Australia?

1Which fees do you pay once?

2Which fees do you pay for every sitting?

3What does a failed test add to the bill?

4Which permit includes the first practical test?

5Which fees are not published here?

6A Toowoomba bill, line by line

7The same bill in eight short paragraphs

8Why is this not a quote?

9Common questions

10Sources

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