Here's the New Mexico version: every two years you send in $72 and a copy of your insurance. The state sends back a sticker for another two years. Repeat.
God, it's great to be home!
That alone would make me want to move to NM.
Sth Australia is very relaxed to the point of no annual inspections, however if you get pulled over on the roadside for a Police inspection, you can almost guarantee they'll find something wrong and force you over the pits....