Special thanks to the wonderful publisher Karen Kaye from the WA Transport Magazine for the opportunity to write a monthly column in such an outstanding publication that covers all the big issues facing the road transport industry in WA. Sincerely appreciate your intestinal

My letter 'More to do than Byford' in today's West Australian newspaper 29.7.2025. I didn't know Cailee Mansell who lost her life in the Redmond crash, near Albany but I have completely heartbroken friends who did. A much loved wife, mother, daughter, sister, niece, friend and

Imagine just for a second this crossing in the Midwest of WA didn't have the flashing lights you can see featured in this video? Would you see this Aurizon train carting iron ore? Would you be comfortable with your loved ones interacting with such a poorly lit hazardous vehicle

Thank you Níal Ó Fionnagáin it most certainly isn't 😔

Stronger lighting standards for bicycles than trains in Australia. Glad you're here to tell the tale Phil. It's completely unacceptable we are still advocating for safety and visibility lighting on trains in 2025 😣😣🤦🏻‍♀️

🚨🚨🚨PLEASE HAVE A READ 🚨🚨🚨 Today’s letters in the Countryman newspaper 31.7.2025. Question for all you politicians out there. Why is the rail industry allowed to self-regulate and permitted an entirely different set of flimsy outdated, minimum and voluntary lighting

Sincere thanks to journalist Oliver Peterson from 6PR Perth for the opportunity to speak about the need for mandatory train lighting standards in Australia yesterday on his program. Our families, supporting organisations and professionals aren't going anywhere until the rail

National Rail Safety Week is harder for me than birthdays and anniversaries we mark every year without our loved ones lost in these completely preventable rail crashes. Why? Because a profitable and powerful industry (railways) has done absolutely nothing about a known and

ABC News 11.8.2025. Nothing to celebrate on Rail Safety Week I can assure you 👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽

Thank you so much to my good mate and National Farmers' Vice President justacocky for always showing up to support me and for all the National Farmers' Federation have done to help us progress this issue of inadequate train and rolling stock lighting on the national stage for

National Farmers' Federation

ABC Television News report by journalist Lauren Smith as National Rail Safety Week kicked off on Monday August 11th 2025. Nothing whatsoever to celebrate for families who have been advocating for improved train visibility FOR DECADES 😣😣 How can our governments ignore such a

Very saddened to hear of the death of Graeme Campbell. Stood up to Labor for the sake of his electorate over the gold tax. Gutsy. I met him in Kal & told him I admired that and he handed out HTV cards for me for which I will be forever grateful. Had some fantastic conversations.

Today the benefits of mandatory train lighting were again refuted - this time by Jessica Stojkovski MLA, Labor Member for Kingsley on the basis the WA Government claims 70 percent of crashes happen during daylight hours in line with what a position ONRSR continuously takes on

Absolutely outstanding grievance today by Nationals Member for Central Wheatbelt Lachlan Hunter MP in the Legislative Assembly of WA Parliament today. Our families couldn't be prouder of all the work you are doing on rail safety in addition to multiple other issues affecting

Rob D I agree. It's completely indefensible and they know it

I commend Nationals Member for Central Wheatbelt Lachlan Hunter MP for his outstanding questions to Minister Rita Saffioti in the Legislative Assembly of WA Parliament (21/8/2025) around the decades old issue of inadequate train and rolling stock lighting that the WA Labor

Today’s West Australian Newspaper 28.8.2025 How is this fair? How is this safe?