Glenn Sterle (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development (Senate)) Share this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senators Gallacher, Bilyk and Dean Smith, move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

  (i) that Australia is not likely to reach its 2020 goal (National Road Safety Strategy 2011-20) of reducing road deaths and injuries by at least 30 per cent relative to the baseline 2008-10 figures, and that in the 2018-19 Budget the target only reached 14 per cent,

  (ii) the release of the report of the inquiry into the National Road Safety Strategy 2011-2020, conducted by Associate Professor Jeremy Woolley and Dr John Crozier,

  (iii) that, on current trend by 2030, 12 000 people could be killed, 360 000 injured, and at a cost of more than $300 billion nationally according to the report,

  (iv) the need for road safety to be made a priority issue for Commonwealth, state and local governments, and

  (v) that even one single death or injury on our roads is unacceptable; and

(b) calls on the Federal Government to work with Parliament to make our roads, vehicles and users safe.

I seek leave to make a short statement.