In the June quarter, typical capital city household transport
costs rose by an average 0.5 per cent across Australia, and
typical benchmark regional household transport costs rose
by an average of 0.6 per cent.
The latest quarterly Benchmarking of the National Road Safety Strategy shows governments remain unable to track most of their agreed targets, and road deaths are now increasing, rather than declining as intended.
In the March 2023 quarter, the typical Australian household’s transport costs rose by almost 7.4 per cent. This is much higher than the consumer price index increase of 1.4 per cent over the same period.
The latest quarterly benchmarking of the National Road Safety Strategy shows governments remain unable to track most of their targets and road deaths are increasing, rather than declining as anticipated.
The AAA’s first report tracking the performance of the National Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030 shows road deaths decreased 0.7 per cent from the September 2022 to the December 2022 quarter, and by 5.1 per cent throughout the whole of 2022: a year in which 1,187 people died on Australian roads.