Roads and Road Safety

The Andrews Labor Government has seen fit to award several Department of Transport bureaucrats a huge pay rise, despite having put thousands of Victorians into lockdown, costing people their businesses and livelihoods. On page 93 of the Department of Transport?s questionnaire to the Public Accounts and Estimates Committee, figures show that during the worst of …

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Today, the Acting Premier has put the lives of Victorians at risk. The call by Jacinta Allan to force families returning from Queensland and the ACT to Victoria by road to do so with a maximum of two stops of up to 15 minutes goes against all road safety messages. What is the expert advice …

Statement by Shadow Minister for Road Safety and the TAC, Brad Battin regarding transiting from Queensland and the ACT to Victoria by road Read More »

Under questioning at PAEC on Thursday, Minister for Roads and Road Safety Ben Carroll couldn?t answer basic questions about the maintenance of wire rope barriers. When asked how much was spent fixing damaged barriers last year, the Minister couldn?t provide an answer. When asked what length of barriers he expected would need to be repaired …

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By voting down amendments proposed by the Liberal Nationals in the Upper House this afternoon, Daniel Andrews and the Labor Government have this afternoon imposed yet another new tax on Victorians. As part of the Transport Legislation Amendment Bill, proposed changes to the way non-standard number plates are sold meant that owners would have had to …

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Despite promises of a big-spending budget, all the Andrews Labor Government has managed to do for roads is to shuffle the deckchairs and refuse to update the public on road project cost blowouts. The government is trumpeting a ?new program? to ?keep Victorians moving? but the stated initiatives are made up of old announcements. All of …

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? Today marks the 25th World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims.  We pause to remember the millions of people worldwide who have been killed or seriously injured on the road, as well as acknowledging the loss and suffering of all affected victims, families and communities.  We also pay tribute to the victims we don?t always consider; emergency response personnel and medical professionals, who deal daily with the traumatic aftermath …

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Daniel Andrews? latest cash grab is to whack a new tax on Victorian personalised number plates. Hidden deep in Labor?s Transport Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 is an unfair and unnecessary tax on Victorians who choose to personalise their vehicles with customised number plates. This is just another example of Daniel Andrews trying to squeeze every …

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Today’s announcement from Labor’s Roads Minister that work is only now just starting on putting Victoria’s learner’s permit test online is six months too late.? The Andrews Labor Government is letting down more than 200,000 young Victorians who are waiting to get their licence. Prospective drivers along with the Liberal Nationals have been calling for …

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Andrews labor government empty promises and spin leaves prospective learner drivers disappointed ? again! A few hours after being pressured by the Liberal Nationals and the community to commit to making the learner?s permit test available online, the Andrews Labor Government spin machine had started. On social media last night, Labor’s Roads Minister, Ben Carroll …

Andrews Labor Government empty promises and spin leaves prospective learner drivers disappointed ? AGAIN! Read More »

Daniel Andrews and the Labor Government have finally listened to calls from the Liberal Nationals and the community to catch up with technology and put Victoria?s learner?s permit test online. Labor Minister, Ben Carroll folded under community pressure when questioned on ABC Radio on Monday stating ?the time has come for the learner?s permit to …

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