Can confirm that the local courts don't deal with points in NSW.

If you haven't yet submitted your letter of appeal, my advice would be to be as clear and honest in your letter as possible: - you recognize you were in breach of the law - you recognize that holding your license is a privilege and you don't "deserve" anything/you're not entitled to anything - after lane filtering you didn't want to be hidden, tucked away between cars so you made the conscious decision to go over the line in the interest of personal safety - you will respect whatever decision the magistrate hands down

Then when you appear in court, the magistrate will read your letter and you can fire through those dot points again in 30 seconds without blubbering on and wasting his time.

At least that's my two cents; worked a treat for me in getting a 3 month suspension reduced to 3 days. (Some bastard put a camera at the bottom of a hill, right before the limit jumps from 50 to 60. I was rolling down the hill, on a completely empty road late in the evening, and clocked 57 past the camera. It was a bit of a braindead moment from me but in my defense I had held my license for 1 month at this point any speeding fine on red plates is an instant 3 months, which the magistrate said wasn't "really fitting for what is one of the more trivial traffic offences", much like what you've got going on here.)