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    <h2>Updates as of September 22, 2026</h2>
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        <p>NAATI's published fee schedule for the period 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027 sets the CCL test at AUD 814, GST included. The same schedule prices an examiner-marked practice CCL test at AUD 165 and a review of a CCL result at AUD 187 per application. NAATI states that all prices are subject to change without notice.</p>
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        <p>The pass requirement is unchanged and is a two-part rule, not a single total. The test is marked out of 90, with 45 marks available in each of the two dialogues. A candidate must reach 63 marks overall and must also score at least 29 marks in each individual dialogue, so a strong first dialogue cannot rescue a weak second one.</p>
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        <p>CCL testing is now delivered entirely online. NAATI's FAQ states that all CCL tests are conducted online, which means candidates outside Australia can sit without travelling. The candidate instructions require a laptop running Google Chrome plus a second device, a phone or tablet, used as a side camera, with roughly ten to fifteen minutes of setup before the test begins.</p>
        <a class="naati-ccl-updates-222026-cite" href="https://www.naati.com.au/resources/faq/">NAATI FAQ</a>
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        <p>Results are issued within four to six weeks of the test date. Credentials issued on or after 9 August 2022 are valid for five years from the date of issue; credentials pre-dating that change carry a three-year validity. NAATI's terms also state that a candidate cannot apply for a new test until their existing result has been issued.</p>
        <a class="naati-ccl-updates-222026-cite" href="https://www.naati.com.au/migration-assessments/ccl/">NAATI CCL</a>
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        <p>A paid review of result is available, but it is gated. NAATI's FAQ states a review can be requested only where the original score was 58 or higher, that a separate examiner re-marks the test, and that the outcome is emailed within three weeks. NAATI's terms and conditions add that a review must be requested no more than 30 days after the result is issued.</p>
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        <p>The language list continues to grow: NAATI's CCL page currently lists 55 languages, and the authority announced in March 2024 that Dzongkha had been added to the CCL programme in response to community requests. NAATI's test-date page states that high-demand languages are tested every month and low-demand languages at least four times a year.</p>
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Marking starts at the full 90 and deducts for errors weighted by how much they damage the communication. NAATI's candidate instructions warn that interpreting in indirect or third-person speech attracts deductions, and that a dialogue delivered entirely in indirect speech may invalidate the test. One segment per dialogue may be repeated without penalty; further repeats are deducted.

<p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://www.naati.com.au/migration-assessments/ccl/">NAATI CCL</a> &middot; <a href="https://www.naati.com.au/resources/fees/">NAATI Fees</a> &middot; <a href="https://www.naati.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CCL-Candidate-Instructions-PDF.pdf">CCL Candidate Instructions</a></p>

There is no national CCL exam date. Seats are published on NAATI's test-date search, which refreshes daily and can change after results are displayed because of examiner rostering. Non-attendance is not refunded.

<p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="https://www.naati.com.au/test-date/">NAATI Test Dates</a> &middot; <a href="https://www.naati.com.au/resources/terms-and-conditions/">NAATI Terms</a></p>

The mistake that costs most CCL candidates their five points is treating the test as a language exam rather than a marked interpreting performance. Fluency in Hindi, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati or Bengali is the entry condition, not the skill being assessed. Marking starts at 90 and falls, and it falls for delivery habits that a fluent bilingual speaker would never notice in ordinary conversation.

The per-dialogue minimum is the real hurdle

Two numbers must both be satisfied: 63 or more out of 90 overall, and at least 29 out of 45 in each dialogue. That second condition removes the usual exam strategy of banking marks where you are strong. A candidate who scores 40 in a familiar medical dialogue and 25 in an unfamiliar insurance or tenancy dialogue reaches 65 overall and still fails. Because the two dialogues are drawn from different everyday domains, preparation that concentrates on one comfortable subject area is structurally risky. Work the domains you find alien, not the ones you enjoy, and treat 29 per dialogue as the target rather than the aggregate.

Deductions punish delivery, not only vocabulary

Marking is by deduction from a full 90, weighted by how much each error damages communication. The candidate instructions single out long pauses and repeated self-corrections as distractions from the flow of the conversation, and treat indirect or third-person rendering as a deduction in its own right, with an entire dialogue in indirect speech capable of invalidating the test. That means saying he says that he has a headache instead of interpreting in first person is penalised even when the content is perfect. Practise speaking as the parties speak, in first person, and let a small imperfect rendering stand rather than restarting a sentence twice.

NAATI allows one segment per dialogue to be repeated without penalty; repeats beyond that are deducted. Since segments run to 35 words or less and you must begin interpreting within five seconds of the chime, that single repeat is the only safety net for the one segment that carries dense numbers, an address, a date or a legal term. Spend it deliberately. Candidates commonly waste it early on a segment they could have handled, then meet the numerically heavy segment with no cushion. A practical drill is to take note-taking seriously for figures and names so the repeat is never needed for routine content.

All CCL tests are now conducted online. The setup requires a laptop running Google Chrome and a second device, a phone or tablet, positioned as a side camera, and takes about ten to fifteen minutes before testing begins. Audio quality determines whether an examiner can hear a correct rendering at all, so a wired headset, a quiet room and a tested upload path matter as much as vocabulary. NAATI's free practice test does not use the proctoring service and includes only one dialogue, so it will not surface proctoring or camera problems. Run the full technical check well before test day.

Schedule 6D of the migration regulations awards five points for a credentialled community language qualification, and requires the NAATI credential to be held at the time of invitation, not at the time of lodgement. Results take four to six weeks, bookings close a week before the test, and NAATI will not accept a new application until an existing result has been issued. A failed attempt therefore costs at least two months and another AUD 814 before a second result exists. Book early enough that one repeat still lands before the invitation round you are aiming at.

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