Vehicle and Traffic Amendment (Driver Distraction and Speed Enforcement) Bill 2022
I also want to note with a heavy heart that the Tasmanian road toll this year is the highest it has been, as I understand it, in more than 10 years.
I also want to note with a heavy heart that the Tasmanian road toll this year is the highest it has been, as I understand it, in more than 10 years.
Public place assaults, public order incidences and offences against the person have all increased over the period.
Random breath tests more than halved from some 280 000 in the previous year to 120 000.
There appears to be heavy resistance within the freight industry to lowering speed limits in Tasmania. We can all understand where that is coming from.
The Transport Service's website reports this data but it is not available in the Budget.
The annual report notes that there has been an increase in complaints related to driver interactions with other road users.
The Greens support strong gun laws in Tasmania. We were proud to release our policy in the early stages of the campaign to strengthen our state's gun laws.
All announcements relating to the COVID emergency response during the state election campaign must be removed from politics.
We have a situation where the combination of bushfires, overhead power lines, particularly distribution lines, and climate change is rapidly evolving.
The latest ROGS data on Justice again confirms the State has gone backwards, socially, under the Liberals.