Submissions

Submission on Draft Australian Standard AS 7531 – Rolling Stock Lighting and Visibility

Submission on draft Australian Standard AS 7531 – Rolling stock lighting and visibility Steve McGuire, President WAFarmers 17 February 2026 Introduction The Farmers Federation of Western Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the draft Australian Standard AS 7531 – Rolling Stock Lighting and Visibility. WAFarmers represents primary producers across Western Australia, including thousands of grain, livestock and mixed farming businesses operating in the Wheatbelt and South-West. Our members rely on both road and

Darren Brown February 17, 2026

Submissions

Draft Renewable Energy Planning Code – Submission to the WAPC

Draft Renewable Energy Planning Code Submission to the Western Australian Planning Commission Executive Summary This submission responds to the Draft Renewable Energy Planning Code released for public consultation in December 2025. It focuses on wind energy facilities and large-scale solar developments in rural and agricultural areas, grounded in established principles of property law, nuisance, and planning discretion. The draft Code adopts a lowest-common-denominator approach to setbacks, noise, shadow flicker, and visual amenity. It relies heavily

Darren Brown February 1, 2026

Submissions

Advocacy success: Government abandons push to lower country speed limits

A quietly posted “Communique for Infrastructure and Transport Ministers’ Meeting” confirmed a win for common sense – and the value of advocacy from WAFarmers and the other individuals and groups that made a submission opposing the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts’ proposal to reduce open road default speed limits. The very last item on the 8 issue meeting report simply said: National Road Safety Strategy – Default Speed Limits

Darren Brown November 25, 2025

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Submissions

Submission to the Regulatory Impact Analysis to reduce the open road default speed limit

WAFarmers is against lowering default speed limits outside built-up areas 1. The core problem is not the default limit but driver behaviour and road maintenance While road safety is a shared national priority, the assumption that lower default speed limits will materially reduce fatalities oversimplifies a complex issue. Driver error, fatigue, distraction, alcohol, and inattention are leading causes of rural road crashes — not simply “speed.” Many regional and remote roads are in poor condition

Darren Brown November 10, 2025