u/MURALIGMD

Hi all,

I got my first speeding fine, under 10km/h over the limit. Never had a fine or warning before this in my 1.5+ years with an Aussie licence.

I read that Victoria Police can turn this into an official warning instead of a fine if you have a clean record and the speed was low. But on the Fines Victoria review form, there are only 5 grounds to choose from:

• Exceptional circumstances
• Contrary to law
• Special circumstances
• Mistaken identity
• Person unaware of fine

None of these really match my situation. I was not confused about the fine, no medical emergency, no wrong person, nothing like that. I just have a clean record and made a small mistake.

Has anyone actually gotten a warning through this form? Which box did you tick? Or is this handled some other way, like calling Fines Victoria directly instead of using the online form?

Just trying to understand the right process before I submit anything. Thanks in advance.

Hi all,

I got my first speeding fine, under 10km/h over the limit. Never had a fine or warning before this in my 1.5+ years with an Aussie licence.

I read that Victoria Police can turn this into an official warning instead of a fine if you have a clean record and the speed was low. But on the Fines Victoria review form, there are only 5 grounds to choose from:

• Exceptional circumstances
• Contrary to law
• Special circumstances
• Mistaken identity
• Person unaware of fine

None of these really match my situation. I was not confused about the fine, no medical emergency, no wrong person, nothing like that. I just have a clean record and made a small mistake.

Has anyone actually gotten a warning through this form? Which box did you tick? Or is this handled some other way, like calling Fines Victoria directly instead of using the online form?

Just trying to understand the right process before I submit anything. Thanks in advance.

Hi all,

I got my first speeding fine, under 10km/h over the limit. Never had a fine or warning before this in my 1.5+ years with an Aussie licence.

I read that Victoria Police can turn this into an official warning instead of a fine if you have a clean record and the speed was low. But on the Fines Victoria review form, there are only 5 grounds to choose from:

• Exceptional circumstances
• Contrary to law
• Special circumstances
• Mistaken identity
• Person unaware of fine

None of these really match my situation. I was not confused about the fine, no medical emergency, no wrong person, nothing like that. I just have a clean record and made a small mistake.

Has anyone actually gotten a warning through this form? Which box did you tick? Or is this handled some other way, like calling Fines Victoria directly instead of using the online form?

Just trying to understand the right process before I submit anything. Thanks in advance.

Bit of context. I spent 3.5 years testing billing and tax platforms, one for a US utility and one for a tax form validation tool in Poland. Functional, mobile, API, some automation. Finished a Master of IT in Australia this year and I'm now job hunting in Melbourne.

The job ads are telling me almost nothing useful. Half of them want a "Quality Engineer" who is really a developer, half want a test analyst with eight years in one specific domain, and the rest read like they were written by someone who has never met a tester.

4 things I'd like a reality check on from people actually working here:

1. Is a dedicated QA role still a real thing, or are teams increasingly pushing testing onto developers alongside their own work? I keep hearing both and I can't tell which one is the market and which one is LinkedIn noise.
2. Does 3.5 years read as mid-level to hiring teams here, or does overseas experience get discounted enough that I'm effectively starting again? Someone in the industry told me directly not to bother with grad roles, but I'd like to know if that's the general view.
3. When a team does interview for a pure QA role now, what is it actually testing? Live coding, framework design questions, or more scenario based?
4. Also curious about the AI thing. I've been told the differentiator right now is being able to show where you've used AI to solve real testing problems, not just "familiar with AI tools". If that's true, what does that actually look like in your work? Genuinely asking, because I'd rather build the skill properly than bolt a buzzword onto my resume.

Happy to hear anything, including that I'm asking the wrong questions.

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