Joint Select Committee on Road Safety to hold first public hearing for new inquiry

THE Joint Select Committee on Road Safety will hold a public hearing for its Inquiry into Road Safety on September 13, 2021. As this will be the first hearing for the inquiry, the committee will hear from Commonwealth agencies and research organisations about key issues facing the road safety sector, as well as about current and proposed initiatives to improve road safety outcomes.

Part of the committee’s mandate is to build on the work of the previous Joint Select Committee on Road Safety. The committee will therefore use this first hearing as an opportunity to discuss the implementation status of the previous committee’s recommendations, and to examine the progress that has been made towards improving road safety outcomes since the previous committee tabled its report in October 2020.

New Committee Chair, Darren Chester MP, said, "While we are focused on working together towards zero deaths and serious injuries on Australian roads by 2050, this inquiry will consider in particular practical steps that can be taken in the short to medium term to reduce trauma and deaths on our roads.

"This hearing will be an important first reference point for the committee, and an opportunity to examine the state of play in the road safety sector by hearing from Commonwealth agencies and research organisations about key issues and potential solutions’.

Public hearing details

Date: Monday, 13 September 2021

Time: 10am to 5pm
Witnesses: 

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Cities

Office of Road Safety

Austroads

International Road Safety Assessment Programme (iRAP)

Centre for Automotive Safety Research, University of Adelaide

Australasian College of Road Safety

Accident Research Centre, Monash University

Transurban Road Safety Centre, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA).

Due to health and safety concerns relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, the hearing will be held remotely via videoconference and will not be open for public attendance. However, interested members of the public will be able to view proceedings via the live webcast at aph.gov.au/live

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