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Hi all,

It looks as though there is going to be a protest rally on Tuesday 31st August @ 12.00, it will take place in front of Parliament House Maquarrie St. If anyone hasn't noticed that their Green Slip has gone up, they are not looking at it properly.

e.g. 2008 1400GTR in Sydney Metro is $780.00 at the highest and lowest is GIO with $480.00 all the others except 1 are all over $700.00.
e.g. #2 a 45yo male rider on a 250, was $211.00 now $429.00 over 100% increase.

If there is any further info I will edit this Post.

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MEDIA RELEASE - I would post the original document but .DOC files are not allowed
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NSW GOVERNMENT FAILS THE STATE’S MOTORCYCLISTS ONCE AGAIN
21 July 2010

With the arrival of new mobile speed cameras, and the RTA’s proposed new 4km/h tolerance limit for all speeding offences, it is time to take an objective look at the facts the speed-camera-revenue-addicted Keneally government is not telling us about motorcycles.

• FACT: In 1995 there were 8.9 motorcycle fatalities per 10,000 registered motorcycles in NSW.
• FACT: In 2008 there were 3.7 motorcycle fatalities per 10,000 registered motorcycles in NSW.

There are more bikes on the road than ever and the road toll is going down. The RTA’s own statistics verify that. There is no “carnage” on our roads and there never has been. That is just a convenient catch-phrase the government wheels out whenever it wishes to bankroll its fiscal failures from the pockets of the state’s road-users. Despite this, motorcyclists’ CTP premiums are set to rise by over 84 per cent in some cases.

“Never in my 40 years of involvement in motorcycles have I seen riders so angry,” the chairman of the NSW Motorcycle Council said today. “On August 31st, 2010 NSW Parliament returns and thousands of annoyed motorcycle and scooter riders will be there to greet them.”

Motorcycle and scooter riders are a unique and independent road-user group and they are fed-up with being ignored and repeatedly failed by the NSW government, except when it needs money.


THE MCCofNSW
United we ride - Divided we walk

For further information and all media enquiries please contact:
Rob Colligan – Chairman MCCofNSW
0401227731
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Noel

mate..this increase in CTP is disgraceful

NSW government must seriously be planning on going out with a bitching big bang.
I am *SO* going to be there.

If i'm around i'll be there... Just don't park on the sidewalks... They will surely have the parking inspectors out..

You don't have to park, just circle the block, slowly, veeeery slowly.

Sort of what they did at parliament house when protesting the adr for lights-on.

Im there!!!!!!

Just keeps us posted

IF you want to know how this will affect you next time you register your bike, load your details into this .........

http://www.prices.maa.nsw.gov.au/index.php

wait a second is rise because of the NSW gov or insurance companies??

Insurance companies, but i believe it is mandated/rubber stamped by the government.

Yep it's a gumbyment thing, and just another grab for cash. Previously the cost of the CTP was based on the cost of injuries caused by the at fault driver in a particular vehicle... The gumbyment used to defend the price structure, along with other schemes at the time, as user pays.........
What injuries would you receive in a cage, if hit by a bike? farkall, but in reverse, what injuries would a rider receive, if hit by a cage? So are they going to offer at fault rider cover in these new prices.... I don't think so, it's just a cash grab...

Will be there, lets all make a real effort.
Pls keep me updated

I'll have to sit this one out. i'll be saving approx $200 over previous cost. (30%?)
thanks for subsidising me lads

Privately owned CBR 600, 2004 model.
Insurer 12-month Price
AAMI.........$467.32
Allianz.......$373.00
CIC-Allianz..$460.00
GIO..........$293.36
NRMA........$357.41
QBE..........$429.00
Zurich.......$466.00

and heres some atfault driver info...i presume most other insurers will have similar conditions etc
http://www.nrma.com.au/documents/policy ... policy.pdf

count m in...i will be there...fark my CTP for zx12r now $869.00 this is crazy just another way this government is screwing tax payers.."let's just shit on motorcylists they won't say or do anything about it" Keep us posted!!!!!

hey un_majstk how come ur ctp is so cheap? i thought these pricses were pretty standardised?

I'm starting to really not regret going for a sub-litre bike. To think, an extra 188cc would make all the difference .