Pat Conaghan (Cowper, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That this House:

(1) notes that the Government is providing record funding for road safety measures around the nation through the:

(a) $2 billion Road Safety Program delivering low cost road safety improvements such as better road markings, shoulder sealing, new barriers, better signage and other technologies building on the $500 million Targeted Road Safety Works Program;

(b) $12 million for the Road Safety Innovation Fund to support road safety research and the development of new technologies;

(c) $4 million Road Safety Awareness and Enablers Fund, with 20 projects already underway to improve education and promotion of road safety matters;

(d) $8 million Driver Reviver Site Upgrades Program;

(e) $5.5 million for a new Road Safety Data Hub, to better collate data on a national level and inform future infrastructure investment decisions; and

(f) broader $110 billion infrastructure pipeline, upgrading roads across Australia; and

(2) recognises there is more to do but congratulates the Government for its commitment to improving road safety around the nation.

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