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In Australia, laws and driving regulations differ from state to state. Some states require you to carry an International Licence with your current foreign licence. Other states request you carry your current foreign driver’s licence together with a formal translation of your licence into English. In most Australian states and territories (the exception is the Northern Territory), you are able to drive on an overseas licence as long as it is current. You can only drive vehicles which your overseas licence authorises you to drive and you must drive according to any conditions on your overseas licence. Rules are different if you are a visitor or a permanent resident. Select the link of the state or territory you will be driving in, to find out what the laws are for driving with an overseas licence.

Below you can find information about each state and territory: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC and WA. Australian Capital Territory Visiting drivers are not required to obtain an ACT Driver Licence providing their International Driving Permit and/or overseas licence are current.

When driving in the ACT a visiting driver must carry their foreign driver licence written in English or their international driving permit accompanied by the foreign driver licence or their foreign driver licence that is not in English, accompanied by an official English translation of the licence. An official translation means a translation certified by an Embassy or Consulate or by a (NAATI) or an (AUSIT) accredited translator.

People from other countries who take up residence in the ACT must hold an ACT Driver Licence to drive a motor vehicle or motorbike. For further details click. New South Wales If you hold an overseas licence, you are allowed to drive the vehicles covered by your overseas licence in NSW indefinitely, as long as you remain a temporary overseas visitor. If your licence is not written in English, you must also carry an English translation or an International Driving Permit. If you are a permanent Australian resident, or hold a permanent visa under the Commonwealth Migration Act 1958, and you intend to stay in NSW, you are not considered to be a visitor.

As such, you are allowed to drive in NSW on a current overseas licence for a maximum of three months. After that, you will need to apply for a NSW licence to continue driving or riding. For further details click. Northern Territory You may use your Interstate/Overseas Driver Licence providing that you have not been in the Northern Territory for a continuous period of three months.