Support land, maritime and aviation transport priorities, including to increase productivity and maintain safety across the sectors.
The Government will provide $267.4 million over 7 years from 2022-23 to support land, maritime and aviation transport priorities, including to increase productivity and maintain safety across the sectors. Funding includes:
* $64.2 million over 6 years from 2022-23 for the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts to enable the delivery of transport and infrastructure priorities, including $35.6 million for IT systems to support infrastructure investment and road vehicle safety regulation
* $56.8 million in additional funding in 2023-24 to support and review the ongoing safety and regulatory functions of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority, the Australian Maritime Safety Authority and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau
* $43.6 million over 4 years from 2022-23 to establish a new National Road Safety Action Grants Program to support community education and awareness, vulnerable road users, First Nations road safety, technology, innovation and research
* $30.0 million over 3 years from 2025-26 to support the delivery of a common user facility at the Cairns Marine Precinct, to be met from funding previously included in the Contingency Reserve
* $22.3 million over 6 years from 2023-24 for phase 3 of the Strategic Local Government Asset Assessment Project to continue assessments of local government road assets, which will support development of a national automated road access system for heavy vehicles
* $18.9 million over 3 years from 2023-24 to procure road safety data, research and evaluate projects
* $16.5 million over 5 years from 2023-24 for the car safety ratings program which includes testing protocols for light vehicles and safety evaluations of used vehicles Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts |
* $13.5 million over 3 years from 2023-24 for an additional round of the Remote Airstrip Upgrade Program to support improved safety and access at remote airstrips and facilitate air connectivity and the delivery of goods and services to remote communities
* $1.2 million in 2023-24 to continue development of the Maritime Single Window project and deliver a business case to streamline reporting for Australian sea ports
* $0.4 million in 2022-23 to enable the National Transport Commission to progress the rail interoperability work plan, to be met from funding previously included in the Contingency Reserve. This measure will be partially offset by the redirection of unspent funding under the Road Safety Program, and funding previously provided for the Road Safety Innovation Fund, the Road Safety Awareness and Enablers Fund, Amy Gillet Foundation and Supporting Young and Vulnerable Road Users programs which have been consolidated into the new National Road Safety Action Grants Program. This measure builds on the 2022-23 October Budget measures titled Support for the Aviation Sector and Responsible Investment to Grow Our Regions.