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NRMA roadside assist workers are going on strike for a better pay deal.

NRMA roadside assist staff on strike for first time in 23 years

The organisation said not all patrols would take part in industrial action, and it had made contingency arrangements to minimise disruption.

  • Colin Kruger

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Cannabis plants at a Brisbane facility.

‘It will normalise impaired driving’: Trauma surgeons condemn Labor’s cannabis changes

The Minns government’s proposed changes to drug driving laws have been slammed by a group of experts who say the legal threshold is not backed by medical evidence.

  • Michael McGowan
The woman has been charged with drug driving.

NSW woman who raised $45k on charity site charged over death of girl, 11

A woman whose daughter died in a horror car crash, sparking an outpouring of donations, has been charged with drug-driving.

  • Perry Duffin
Lara Jensen has been campaigning for better rail safety for 25 years. Inset: Lara and her brother Christian. Picture: Michael Philipps/Supplied

Lara’s 25-year fight for better rail safety in WA just took a big step forward

The WA opposition has announced it will introduce a bill to state parliament to legislate mandatory train lighting, a safety measure that aims to save lives at passive rail crossings across Western Australia.

  • Michael Philipps
The woman and toddler were killed in a crash in Queensland’s north on May 22.

Appeal launched on highway crash that killed infant, woman

The 23-month-old baby and a woman were killed in a three-car collision between Port Douglas and Cairns in late May.

  • Catherine Strohfeldt
Rooney Taua, inset, died after a Transperth bus crashed on Joondalup Drive in Wanneroo on Thursday morning.

Man killed in Transperth bus crash identified as Banksia Grove father

Rooney Taua died on what should have been an ordinary commute to work on Thursday morning.

  • Indigo Lemay-Conway and Cameron Myles
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A green light for medicinal cannabis?

As a trauma surgeon, I know cannabis kills. Don’t green-light ‘medicinal’ drivers

Cannabis is now the No.1 substance found in the blood of seriously or fatally injured road victims – and the premier wants to go light on “medicinal” cannabis users who drive.

  • John Crozier
Cannabis plants at a Brisbane facility.

‘Reckless policy’: NRMA and Coalition slam medicinal cannabis driving reform

“A child injured or killed as a result of the actions of a drug driver does not get three chances,” NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane says.

  • Max Maddison
Drivers with lawful cannabis prescriptions will be offered a medical defence and subjected to a three-strike impairment test under major roadside safety reforms in NSW.

Drivers using medicinal cannabis to get legal defence under historic NSW road reforms

Prescription holders who test positive to THC will still be barred for driving for 24 hours under the new three-strike system.

  • Max Maddison
Should this be the rule rather than the exception? A an example of a left turn at a red light being allowed in Brisbane. The driver must ensure pedestrians who have a green walk signal are clear, and other traffic has passed, before turning.

The red light we should be allowed to drive through: My gift to Australia

There’s plenty Australia could teach my birth country, but here’s a Californian road rule to liberate my fellow Aussie citizens.

  • Antone Martinho-Truswell