Senator the Hon Carol Brown

September is Rural Road Safety Month, and Australians are being urged to take extra care on regional and remote roads – including being particularly mindful of all road users such as children walking to or from school.

The Southern Tasmanian Jobs and Skills Roundtable in Hobart today has brought together over sixty representatives from local businesses, the community sector, the skills and education sector, unions, employment services and civil society.

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) and Queensland Police Service (QPS) have launched the Sharing our Roads with Oversize Loads campaign, with a series of videos to show road users how to stay safe when driving near trucks towing oversize…

Funding under the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program will substantially improve 47 dangerous crash sites on Victorian roads in 2022–23.

Funding under the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program will substantially improve 93 dangerous crash sites on New South Wales roads in 2022–23.

Alicia Payne, Federal Labor Member for Canberra, has been announced as the Chair for the Australian Capital Territory Black Spot Consultative Panel.

Shayne Neumann, Federal Labor Member for Blair, has been announced as the Chair for the Queensland Black Spot Consultative Panel.

Fiona Phillips, Federal Labor Member for Gilmore, has been announced as the Chair for the New South Wales Black Spot Consultative Panel.

Brian Mitchell, Federal Labor Member for Lyons, has been announced as the Chair for the Tasmanian Black Spot Consultative Panel.

Luke Gosling, the Federal Labor Member for Solomon, has been announced as Chair for the Northern Territory Black Spot Consultative Panel.

Lisa Chesters, Federal Labor Member for Bendigo, has been announced as the Chair for the Victorian Black Spot Consultative Panel.

Funding under the Australian Government’s Black Spot Program will substantially improve nine dangerous crash sites on Northern Territory roads in 2022–23.

The Australian Government congratulates all the organisations recognised today at the annual Australian Road Safety Awards for their contribution to improving safety on our roads.

Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Senator Carol Brown, has highlighted the Government’s commitment to increasing safety for Australia’s hard working truckies.

One death on our Tasmanian roads is too many. That fatal accidents in Tasmania have increased nearly 70 per cent in the last year should be of concern to us all.