Kim O’KEEFFE (Shepparton) (14:51): (618) My question is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety, and the information I seek is: what is being done to address road safety in the Shepparton electorate? My electorate has had a run of horrific fatal road accidents in the past few months, and my thoughts are with the families who have lost their loved ones and also those who are recovering. There has been $230 million cut from road safety programs in the past two years: $150 million was cut from the TAC-funded safer system roads and infrastructure program, and the TAC marketing and road safety budget fell short by $81 million in the past two financial years. I recently attended a roundtable discussion with RoadSafe Goulburn Valley. The group also shared their grave concerns at the alarming rise of road fatalities across my electorate and the cut in road safety program funding. I look forward to the minister’s response regarding this matter.
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