Vehicle registration plates of Queensland

The Australian state of Queensland requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates. Current regular issue plates are to the standard Australian dimensions of in length by in height, and use standard Australian serial dies.
General series.
Vehicles (current): 000·BU2
Motorcycles: 000·Va
Large trailers (over 1.02t ATM): 000·Uaa
Small trailers (up to 1.02t ATM): Fa·0000
Starting on 1 July 1955, plates were manufactured in the format aaa-nnn with white text on a black base. The block used was NAA·000 to PZZ·999, starting at NAA-000, with the O-series initially skipped and used last.
Once the aaa-nnn format between NAA-000 and PZZ-999 was exhausted, Queensland reversed the order to nnn-aaa, starting 1 July 1977. These plates were issued with green text on a white reflective background and bore the slogan "Queensland – Sunshine State". As such Queensland became the second jurisdiction in Australia to issue sloganised plates. This series started at 000·NAA and spanned through to 999·PZZ. After exhausting this initial allocation, in late 1987, Queensland began issuing combinations from 000·AAA onwards.
On 28 September 2001, the last plate with green text was manufactured—999·GKJ.
In October 2001, Queensland's then Premier, Peter Beattie announced in the state would be switching to maroon-on-white plates embossed with the slogan "Queensland – The Smart State". The Premier stated that idea for the change came from a member of the public. This was to demonstrate the state government's efforts to promote education, research and development within Queensland. Due to backlash from tourism operators and the public, Beattie rescinded his decision on 30 October, instead allowing motorists to select between either the old or new slogans with maroon text. However, it adopted as policy that all government owned motor vehicles, including privately plated vehicles use "The Smart State" slogan, except where the Premier otherwise agrees. The first of the new maroon plates were manufactured on 14 November 2001. This started at 000·GKK for the "Sunshine State" plates and 000·HAA for "The Smart State" versions. "The Smart State" slogan was allocated the combinations 000-HAA to 999-HFU, 000-HOY to 999-HQQ, 000-JAA to 999-JDZ, 000-JKA to 999-JKT, 000-KAA to 999-KAZ, 000-KFA to 999-KGK, 000-KOA to 999-KPD, 000-KWS to 999-KXG, 000-LFA to 999-LFU, 000-LOA to 999-LOZ, 000-LZI to 999-LZZ, and 000-MAA to 999-MFM. All others have "Sunshine State" slogans.
In late May 2010, after 999·MZZ was reached, the series skipped to 000·RAA, due to standard-issue plates in the 000-NAA to 999-PZZ remaining in circulation, and 000-QAA to 999-QZZ combinations being used and reserved for large trailers and government vehicles.
On 22 April 2012, the recently elected Campbell Newman-led LNP government announced that it would stop manufacturing "The Smart State" plates as a cost-cutting measure, noting that nine out of 10 customers chose the "Sunshine State" slogan.
Starting on 19 August 2013, limited edition "Queenslander! – 8 in a Row" slogan plates starting at 000·UAA were issued to celebrate the recent eighth consecutive State of Origin win for Queensland.
In July 2014, when the combination 999·TZZ was reached, the 000-UAA to 999-UZZ series were skipped, recommencing from 000·VAA. The U-series plates are reserved for large trailers and special applications, such as the limited edition "Queenslander! – 8 in a Row" plates.
On 1 July 2018, the Queensland Government has announced that it was revealed that after general issue 999-ZZZ the following combinations will be issued:
On 1st September 2020, new series started from 001·AA2 as 000·AA2 was given away as a prize by the department (assumedly "0" and “1” will not be used in the last position, in the new series as it would be mistaken with the letter "O" and letter “I” from the previous series).
Skipped combinations: 000-MFN to 999-MPZ and 093-UAG to 999-UAZ (000-UAA to 092-UAG was issued).
Other vehicles.
State Government-owned vehicles' plates have the format QGa·nnn from 1955 to 1980 in white on black base then in an interim arrangement in 1979 allocated QHA until the Bjelke-Petersen government made a clear decision, to issue newer plates from May 1980 using nnn-QGa.
1955 – 1980 – QGA·000
1980 – 1989 – 000·QGA
1989 – 1993 – QGA·000
1993 – 1999 – 000·QGA
1993 – 2002 – QGA·000
2002 – 2007 – 000·QGA
2007 –Current – QG·AA00
Previously, State Government vehicles bear the "Smart State" slogan ("QG", of course, standing for "Queensland Government"). As of October 2012 QG plates have moved to the Sunshine State slogan starting from QG-KA01. Government trailer format in both reverse formats are QZA-QZZ and smaller trailer as QG. They are no longer issued. Queensland Fire and Emergency Services fire equipment have plates in the series nnnn-QF, QF being an abbreviation of Queensland Fire and nnnn being the appliance's fleet number, padded to 4 digits where necessary.
Between 1955 and 1991 ambulance vehicles in Queensland were registered with plates in the series QAV·000 to QAY·199.
There are many special blocks of plates allocated to different vehicles with specific uses:
Personalised plates.
PPQ – Personalised Plates Queensland is a personalised plate product of the Queensland Transport and Main Roads Department and they have a dedicated website in use.
Queensland motorists have a choice of nearly 100 different types of personalised plates. Personalised plates are very popular amongst Queenslanders and often sell for a premium via classifieds or various online portals such as eBay.
In addition, PPQ offers customers 'retro' plates, which are essentially general-issue plates that may be retained if customers change vehicles. As vintage general issue 'Q' plates, white-on-black plates and green-on-white plates will eventually attract a relatively high price among classic car collectors and restorers, PPQ has made retro plates essentially non-transferable; that is, they may be attached to many different vehicles, but the listed owner(s) must stay the same with each registration and can only be transferred to direct relations.
Formats used are nn-aaa, aaa-nn, nnn-aaa or aaa-nnn, Qaa-nnZ and Qaa-nnY (for Euro combinations) and custom combinations as cccccc. 7-letter combinations are auctioned off from time to time and for limited periods between 2007 and 2009, PPQ made 7-letter combinations available for sale online.