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ACT to introduce a ban on smoking in cars with kids

New legislation by the ACT Government will be handed to the Legislative Assembly today giving police the power to fine motorists who smoke in cars with child passengers on board. The new law won't be part of the demerit points scheme though, so drive...

NSW not lowering drink-driving blood alcohol limit

As we recently reported, the Queensland government is currently looking into reducing the drink-driving blood alcohol limit from 0.05 to 0.02. A plan which is still in progress.  Nonetheless NSW transport minister David Campbell said today that his...

P-plate driver records BAC reading 19 times legal limit

21 year old Canberra P-plate driver Joanne Gross has recorded one of Australia's highest ever blood-alocohol readings - a staggering 0.385 per cent. The result, 19 times the legal Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) limit for a P-plate driver in the...

ACT government looks to reduce local speed limit to 40km/h

ACT Minister for Transport, Jon Stanhope, is urging Canberrans to have their say on whether speeds limits around busy retail and commercial precincts should be reduced to improve the safety of pedestrians and cyclists. Canberrans have until Frid...

2008 Easter road toll

This year's Easter road toll has hit 21 and going by the latest police reports, it might go even higher. So far Queensland has had the worst record with seven deaths, Western Australia has hit five, Victoria is currently sitting at four, Tasma...

Crowd runs wild at 2008 Summernats

By Robert Wilson Canberra’s Summernats car festival turned ugly on Saturday night with a mob taking over the event for several hours. The Canberra Times reported a group of several hundred young men marched around the festivals ma...