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Queensland Mobile Phone and Seatbelt Cameras: $1,295 and 4 Demerit Points, Operating Anywhere, Anytime, Including on the Gold Coast (QLD)

The Pacific Motorway southbound at the exit to the Smith Street Motorway (photographed in 2018)

In Queensland, holding a mobile phone in your hand or resting it on any part of your body while you drive is illegal, and the penalty is $1,295 and 4 demerit points. A driver who does not wear a seatbelt properly faces the same $1,295 and 4 points, and cameras now check for both offences anywhere on Queensland roads, at any time.