Opinion

How serious are the Nationals about road safety, really?

By Crispin Hull
Updated July 2 2021 - 12:49am, first published January 22 2021 - 1:35pm
Road funding is important, but it's not the magic bullet when it comes to reducing the road toll. Picture: Shutterstock
Road funding is important, but it's not the magic bullet when it comes to reducing the road toll. Picture: Shutterstock

Earlier this month, then-acting prime minister and Nationals leader Michael McCormack wrote a heart-tugging article for The Canberra Times and several other regional news outlets about how 36 years ago as a cadet reporter he covered a shocking fatal crash in which two children and their parents were killed.

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