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Several Nationals members have lambasted the proposed changes. The shadow infrastructure minister, Bridget McKenzie, said the government should make a clear statement that “it will not be forcing cuts to speed limits on communities”.
“Regional communities are completely opposed to a Labor government in Canberra which has cut and cancelled funding to regional road projects telling them speed limits must be slashed to as low as 70km/h,” she said.
The deputy Nationals leader, Kevin Hogan, said in parliament last week the move would have “serious consequences for productivity and freight costs across regional communities”.
The analysis is part of the National Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030, agreed to by state, territory and commonwealth governments in May 2021.
The plan aims to reduce road fatalities by 50% and reduce serious injuries by 30% by 2030, and cut fatalities and serious injuries to zero by 2050. The latest analysis states the country is not on track to meet those goals and needs further government intervention.
The proposal to reduce default speed limits on regional roads was canvassed earlier, in the 2018-2020 action plan, released in May 2018, while Barnaby Joyce was deputy prime minister.
Regional Victorian Labor MP Rob Mitchell said it was “hypocritical” the Nationals were railing against the changes, first proposed under the Coalition government, though he agreed a change to the speed limit was not necessary for sealed roads.
“I don’t think it’s a smart decision to do it on every non-[sign]posted road but I think it’s a consideration for unsealed roads,” he said.
Tasmania already has 80km/h default limits for unsealed roads.
Western Australian Labor senator Glenn Sterle called on the government to abandon the proposal and labelled it as “rubbish” when speaking to ABC radio Pilbara on 7 November.
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