The Hon Scott Buchholz MP

More than $250 million of road safety upgrades will be rolled out across approximately 4,000 kilometres of regional Western Australian roads this financial year, reducing the risk of run-off-road crashes and supporting local jobs.

Australians are urged to keep safe while travelling this Christmas – a time when our roads can prove deadly.

A new building blitz at intersections around the state will focus on improving safety for families and school children at over 55 schools, shopping strips and intersections.

A new study involving freight data sharing trials with companies including Woolworths, Nestle and Toll Group has identified opportunities to improve Australia’s vital supply chains that ensure goods get to customers.

As the year draws to a close Assistant Minister Scott Buchholz on behalf of the Federal Government has thanked the workers in the domestic freight transport sector for the critical role, they have played this year, especially…

​The Australian and Western Australian governments are working together to deliver road safety treatments across thousands of kilometres of regional Western Australian roads.

Assistant Minister for Road Safety and Freight Transport, Scott Buchholz today met with Mayors from the Central Queensland Regional Organisation of Councils (CQROC) and visited the CQ Inland port, at Emerald.

Yesterday, Volvo Group Australia handed over the 50,000th truck manufactured at their Wacol plant, in Queensland. The proud recipient was long-term client, Nolan’s Interstate Transport.

Heavy Vehicle Industry Australia (HVIA) today announced the winners of a suite of awards, for leadership and innovation, in the heavy vehicle sector.

The next priorities along Queensland’s southern Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) initiative corridors are a step closer to delivery, with consultations held with industry and stakeholders in Toowoomba yesterday.

The next priorities along Queensland’s northern Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) initiative corridors are a step closer to delivery, with consultations held with industry and stakeholders in Townsville today.

New National Operation Advice (NOA) from the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) will remove the requirement to include registration numbers from Class 3 Livestock Vehicle permits.

Australian heavy vehicle safety programs will receive another significant boost with the launch of Round 6 of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative (HVSI).

Australians are being urged to consider how they can help ensure everyone gets home safely as National Road Safety Week to honour and remember the lives lost on our roads begins on Sunday.

MICHAEL McCORMACK