[no bill text published] NSW Wildlife Strike Mitigation Requirements for Transport for NSW Road Decisions

Roads Amendment (Wildlife Impacts) Bill 2024

Private Member's Bill

27 Mar 2025: This bill has lapsed and is no longer under discussion.

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

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animal welfare road safety road transport wildlife crossings wildlife protection

Introduced by: Tamara Smith MP (GRN)

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Official page: progress through parliament

Official page: bill text and explanatory notes

Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

Transport for NSW must consider how motor vehicle strikes affect wildlife when exercising functions under the Roads Act 1993.
Transport for NSW must consider ways to reduce these strikes when making road decisions; this includes speed limit reductions and fauna underpasses, overpasses, or fencing.
Transport for NSW must list these mitigation actions in its annual report.
The law confirms that recognising the impact of vehicle strikes on wildlife is an official object of the Roads Act 1993.

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Roads Amendment (Wildlife Impacts) Bill 2024

Ms TAMARA SMITH, Member for Ballina — 2025-03-20

The bill amends the Roads Act 1993 to require Transport for NSW to consider the impact of motor vehicle strikes on wildlife when making decisions about new roads and reviewing speed zones. Like most MPs, I am involved in my local traffic committee. It was mind-boggling to learn from community members and environmentalists that speed zone reviews do not take into account the loss of wildlife, in particular koalas, which are projected to be extinct by 2030. The idea that there is no requirement to look at the impact on wildlife and biodiversity when building or upgrading roads is very shocking to my community and many people across the State.