South Australia’s Road Safety Action Plan 2023-2025 (Action Plan) has been developed to help reduce lives lost and serious injuries on South Australian roads. The Action Plan identifies actions that will contribute to the state’s target of at least a 50% …
This week, the Federal Government released the first National Road Safety Action Plan (2023-2025), which outlines the actions the Australian, state and territory governments will take to implement the National Road Safety Strategy 2021-30. RA has been involved in the …
RA has provided a submission to the Federal Government ahead of the 2023-24 Federal Budget, which will be delivered in early May. The submission was developed with input from members of RA’s Policy Stream Expert Panels and suggestions received by …
The National Skills Commission has approved a new qualification that will give formal recognition to the skills of road workers and help to improve safety, productivity and career development in our industry. Developed by the Australian Flexible Pavement Association (AfPA), …
RA showed its support for a national Road Worker Day of Remembrance on the 9th of November at its 2022 Fellows end-of-year workshop. Michael Kilgariff, CEO, took a moment to remind everyone in the room to reflect on the road …
Safety is Roads Australia’s number one policy priority – and today’s Spotlight on Safety industry breakfast sponsored by Altus was a positive opportunity to highlight some of the innovations being deployed across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to …
The Traffic Management Association of Australia (TMAA) have released their annual Traffic Management summary White Paper. Since 2020, TMAA have engaged the Australian Road Research Board (ARRB) to produce the survey and its findings with the aim of identifying and …
RA was pleased to be part of this week’s Road Safety Roundtable in Melbourne, convened by the Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Senator the Hon. Carol Brown. The roundtable discussed the ‘Nine Priorities Towards Vision Zero’ outlined in the …
Last week, Austroads released an economic analysis for their national initiative to harmonise temporary traffic management practices. The analysis estimated that roadside worksite crashes cost $3.2 billion over a 10-year period. However, the cost is not solely economic. The study …
A new round of advertising has been launched in Tasmania, highlighting the impact that crashes at road work sites have on the families of road workers. The Your Speed is Our Safety campaign is being led by the Civil Contractors …