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HAPPENED. WE WILL BE CLOSELY MONITORING THE
SITUATION AND WILL PRESS THE NSW STATE RAIL
AUTHORITY TO ENSURE THAT THE BEST POSSIBLE
STANDARDS ARE MAINTAINED FOR BOTH PASSENGER AND
FREIGHT SERVICES.
THE A.C.T. IS A MEMBER OF THE AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT BODY HAVE PROVIDED THE IMPETUS FOR A NUMBER OF NEW INITIATIVES THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE PURSUING.
MEMBERS WOULD BE AWARE THAT THE COMMONWEALTH HAS OFFERED SOME $110M ROAD FUNDING TO THE STATES PROVIDED THEY AGREE TO IMPLEMENT A PACKAGE OF ROAD SAFETY MEASURES. I HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED THESE WITH MR BROWN, THE FEDERAL MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND INDICATED THAT WHILST WE GENERALLY SUPPORT THE MEASURES PROPOSED IN PRINCIPLE THE FUNDING PACKAGE OFFERED TO THE A.C.T., SOME $1M OVER THREE YEARS, IS FAR LESS THAN THE COST OF IMPLEMENTING THE MEASURES. MR BROWN HAS AGREED TO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS AND I WILL BE PURSUING THE MATTER VIGOROUSLY.
ROAD SAFETY IS ALREADY A PRIORITY FOR THE ALLIANCE GOVERNMENT. HERE I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE NOTICE OF A NUMBER OF MEASURES WE ARE CONSIDERING TO MAKE OUR ROADS SAFER.
AS I MENTIONED IN QUESTION TIME TODAY,] I AM CONCERNED THAT THE CURRENT LEVEL OF TRAFFIC FINES MAY NOT BE PROVIDING A SUFFICIENT DETERRENT TO SOME ROAD USERS UNFORTUNATE BEHAVIOUR. THE PRESENT LEVELS WERE SET MANY YEARS AGO AND HAVE NO REGARD TO RECENT INITIATIVES IN SEVERAL STATES.
ACCORDINGLY, I HAVE ASKED MY DEPARTMENT TO
REVIEW, AS A MATTER OF URGENCY, LEVELS OF
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