Federal Budget road spend should save lives as well as jobs. Motorists one of few […]
read moreThe upcoming federal Budget is now expected to allocate billions of taxpayer dollars into shoring up local storage and supply. Fuel is critical to our national security and the whole economy, but who will foot the bill?
read moreThe AAA welcomes the federal government’s focus on fuel security but says the 1.15 cent per litre cost must not be passed on unfairly to motorists.
read moreIt’s high time that road funding was leveraged to improve road safety.
read moreRural Road Safety Month has ended, but regional road trauma has not. The federal Budget on 6 October must deliver road safety outcomes.
read moreThe latest edition of the AAA’s quarterly Transport Affordability Index shows lower fuel prices have meant that drivers in our capital cities are now likely to be spending more on road tolls than fuel. Household transport costs have fallen by 5.8 per cent since the beginning of the year.
read moreNew research is revealing the underlying factors behind distracted driving, and delivering the brain-hacking solution.
read moreUnsurprisingly, with many roads and highways carrying fewer vehicles during the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia recorded a welcome and sharp 14.6 per cent decrease in road fatalities in the June quarter. But even with this decline, Australia is not on track to meet its national road trauma targets by December this year.
read moreThe role of states and territories in road safety is very well understood. They license drivers, they register cars, they build and own roads. It’s their police forces that enforce their respective road rules and it’s their hospitals that deal with the 100 Australians who suffer road trauma each day.
read moreThe Australian Automobile Association (AAA) has expressed scepticism about a new, voluntary carbon dioxide (CO2) emission standard announced by Australia’s automotive industry, which appears to contain no compliance mechanisms.
read moreAt 43 deaths per million residents, Australia’s road toll is higher than that of 10 European countries, and the longer term picture gives us more to worry about.
read moreThe AAA has welcomed renewed calls for state, federal and territory Treasurers to bring electric vehicles into a road-user charging system
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