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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 11 Hansard (26 September) . . Page.. 3628 ..

South Australia were the first jurisdiction in Australia to introduce a Competency Based Training and Assessment Scheme for learner car drivers. Their scheme was introduced on 19 April 1993, and there has been strong community acceptance of the new option for gaining a provisional car licence.

Approximately 70 percent of learner car drivers in South Australia are choosing the option of achieving their provisional licence through the Competency Based Training and Assessment Scheme, rather than the one-off practical driving test.

The ACT will be the second jurisdiction in Australia to introduce the option of a Competency Based Training and Assessment Scheme for learner car drivers. NSW and Victoria are also considering similar arrangements.

In the ACT, our aim is to PRODUCE SAFER DRIVERS, and the introduction of the Competency Based Training and Assessment Scheme early next year will help to achieve this.

The NRMA and the Australian Driver Trainers Association fully support the introduction of Competency Based Training and Assessment for learner car drivers in the ACT, and I commend this important road safety initiative to the Assembly.

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