Transport and Infrastructure Council
OrganisationReferenced in 8 bills
Heavy Vehicle National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
This bill overhauls heavy vehicle safety laws to make every party in the transport chain — not just drivers — legally responsible for safe operations, with jail terms of up to 5 years for reckless conduct. It also sets up the legal framework for Queensland's $100 million assistance package for taxi and limousine licence holders affected by ride-share competition, plus makes a range of administrative improvements to trucking regulation.
Local Government and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2015
This bill bundles three unrelated changes. It stops council CEOs from automatically running their own council's elections, delays the national heavy vehicle registration scheme until 1 July 2018, and extends the Queensland Reconstruction Authority past its original 2015 expiry date so it can keep helping disaster-hit communities.
Transport Legislation (Disability Parking and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2019
This bill expands Queensland's Disability Parking Permit Scheme to include people who are legally blind, and doubles the fine for misusing disability parking bays from $266 to $533. It also makes technical updates to rail safety definitions to align with national law.
Heavy Vehicle National Law Amendment Bill 2019
This bill amends the Heavy Vehicle National Law to implement nationally agreed reforms for the regulation of trucks and other heavy vehicles across Australia. It updates vehicle standards definitions, streamlines defect notice processes, allows certain semitrailers greater road access, and formally empowers the Regulator to provide advice and education to the transport industry.
Heavy Vehicle National Law Amendment Bill 2015
This bill updates the Heavy Vehicle National Law to allow truck drivers to use electronic work diaries instead of paper records, and rewrites penalties so similar offences attract similar fines across Australia. It also creates new offences for tampering with modification plates and for using oversize vehicles without authority, and makes a range of smaller clarifying and enforcement changes.
Heavy Vehicle National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
This bill strengthens safety obligations for heavy vehicle businesses, increases penalties for driving offences that cause death or serious injury, and introduces several road safety improvements. It also establishes a national database of heavy vehicles and facilitates the transition from the Federal Interstate Registration Scheme to state-based registration.
Heavy Vehicle National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
This bill proposed two big changes: overhauling heavy vehicle safety law to make every party in the transport chain share a 'primary duty of care' with tough new penalties; and setting up the legal framework for $100 million in financial assistance to taxi and limousine licence holders after Queensland deregulated personalised transport. The bill was withdrawn and did not become law in this form — similar heavy vehicle reforms were passed in 2018.
Heavy Vehicle National Law Amendment Bill 2018
This bill strengthens national heavy vehicle regulation by giving enforcement officers new powers to address safety risks, improving road access for certain high-productivity trucks, and streamlining how fatigue offences are prosecuted in Queensland courts. It implements reforms agreed by all participating Australian states and territories.