Tuesday, 14 October 2025

 Anasina GRAY-BARBERIO (Northern Metropolitan) (18:21): (1977) My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety. The action I seek from you is an explanation of what urgent and concrete actions you will take to ensure the safety of cyclists is prioritised, such as a safety review in areas where cyclists were killed in the Northern Metro Region. Minister, over the past three months four cyclists have been killed on roads within my electorate of Northern Metro. The most recent of these tragedies occurred just last week in Attwood at the corner of Mickleham and Bateman streets. Before that, another cyclist was killed in Kensington at the intersection of Macaulay Road and Rankins Road, following a collision with a truck. According to the Transport Accident Commission, TAC, people riding bikes are 4.5 times more likely to be killed in a crash, with most incidents occurring at intersections. The risk is clear, but so is the need for action. Minister, my office has been contacted by constituents expressing growing concern about road safety, especially for vulnerable road users like cyclists. They are asking our office, ‘What are you doing to make our roads safer? Where is the investment in protected bike infrastructure? What is being done to lower speed limits in high-risk areas? How seriously are you committing to Vision Zero?’ Residents across Northern Metro are not just calling for change, Minister, they are demanding your leadership. They want to feel safe riding in their communities to get to work, to visit friends and to go to school and for many other reasons. Minister, cyclists are vulnerable road users, and they should not have to pay with their lives or serious injury for using the roads.