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From:
Media (Infrastructure)
Sent:
Thursday, 9 July 2015 12:01 PM
To:
Cc:
Media (Infrastructure)
Subject:
Road safety responsibilities [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Hi
Thank you for your phone call just now. As discussed, in Australia's federal system, government responsibilities for road
safety vary across jurisdictions:
∙ The Australian Government is responsible for regulating safety standards for new vehicles, and for allocating
infrastructure resources, including for safety, across the national highway and local road networks.
∙ State and territory governments are responsible for funding, planning, designing and operating the road network;
managing vehicle registration and driver licensing systems; and regulating and enforcing road user behaviour.
∙ Local governments have responsibilities for funding, planning, designing and operating the road networks in their
local areas.
State and territory government departments with road safety responsibilities are as follows:
Western Australia
Road Safety Commission ‐ http://rsc.wa.gov.au/
South Australia
Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure ‐ http://www.dpti.sa.gov.au/tzt
Northern Territory
Department of Transport ‐ http://www.transport.nt.gov.au/safety/road‐safety
Australian Capital Territory
Justice and Community Safety Directorate ‐ http://www.justice.act.gov.au/safety_and_emergency/road_safety
Victoria
Road Safety Victoria ‐ http://www.roadsafety.vic.gov.au/
New South Wales
NSW Centre for Road Safety ‐ http://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/
Queensland
Department of Transport and Main Roads ‐ http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/safety/road‐safety.aspx
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Tasmania
Road Safety Advisory Council of Tasmania ‐ http://www.rsac.tas.gov.au/
Hope this helps for your upcoming meetings,
Media Team
Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
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